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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 13, 2015

QUESTION NO.26

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of people who have registered as Homeless in our County in this calendar year and also stating what efforts are being made to ensure that all those involved are being accommodated as close to their home areas as possible"

REPLY:

37 housing applicants were added to the homeless register from 1st January to 13th March 2015 - breakdown as follows:

 Housing Requirement No. of Housing Applicants 
 1bed  21
 2bed  12
 3bed  3
 4bed  1

South Dublin County Council sources emergency accommodation for families through Central Placement Service (Dublin City Council) as the lead authority for Homeless Services.  While every effort is made to try and place families into accommodation close to their family supports, due to the limited amount of emergency accommodation available to families this may not always be possible.