Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the funding provided in the Budget will lead to a decrease in homelessness from current levels by this time next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53813/25]

Conor Sheehan (Limerick City, Labour)
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123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to reduce homeless figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53940/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 123 together.

Addressing homelessness is a priority for my Department and for the Government. Ireland signed the Lisbon Declaration in June 2021, which committed all signatories to work towards ending homelessness by 2030. I will continue to work with the National Homeless Action Committee to ensure an all of Government approach to drive the ambition of the Lisbon declaration.

Critical to supporting households to exit homelessness is our continued investment in the social housing programme. Budget 2026 has continued the record level of investment in social housing, with €2.9bn in capital allocated to support the delivery of social homes by local authorities. This continued investment in the social housing programme will increase the supply of stock available to allocate to households on the social housing waiting list, including households in emergency accommodation.

A key focus of local authorities and their service delivery partners is to support households experiencing emergency accommodation to exit emergency accommodation to a tenancy. Budget 2026 provides an allocation of €513.5m to provide homeless emergency accommodation and supports. Capital funding of €50m has been allocated to support the provision of quality emergency and transitional accommodation.