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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 09, 2015

QUESTION NO. 24

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Chief Executive how much SDCC is currently paying for emergency housing accommodation, how many individuals/families are being assisted and how many more families/individuals are awaiting emergency housing accommodation?  

REPLY:

Dublin City Council (as the lead authority) manage all expenditure in relation to Homeless Services on behalf of the 4 Dublin Authorities.  In 2014, South Dublin County Council provided in its Budget a contribution of €1,118,000 in respect of homeless services.

As at 31st December 2014, South Dublin County Council had 234 individuals and families registered homeless and placed in Temporary Emergency; Supported Temporary or Private Emergency Accommodation through SDCC's Homeless Services Unit with a number of families assessed as at risk of requiring emergency accommodation.