COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 11, 2015

QUESTION NO. 25

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on how many Homeless families are in hotels and B and Bs in SDCC and how long they have been in this accommodation ? also how many are accomodated in Dublin City Council area that are from SDCC?  This Report should provide a breakdown of costs.

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council's Homeless Services Unit currently has 79 families placed into hotel or B&B accommodation across the Dublin region.  Every family placed into private emergency accommodation (including hotels) are referred to the Focus Ireland New Presenters Team for initial assessment and care planning to identify all housing options available and support families out of homeless services. 

It is not possible to advise regarding the length of time a family may be placed into hotel accommodation.  Hotel placements are a last resort and not sustainable for long periods of time. When a more suitable placement becomes available within emergency accommodation, every effort is made to transfer families from hotels.

Expenditure in relation to all emergency accommodation is managed by Dublin City Council as the lead authority and South Dublin County Council pays a contribution in respect of all expenditure on homeless services.