COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 12, 2015

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive to detail the number of households presenting as homeless on each day in September for whom the Council was not in a position to provide emergency accommodation and to provide an explanation as to why the Council was not able to provide these households with emergency accommodation?

REPLY:

From the 1st September to 30th September 2015, 600 presented to Homeless Services, of which 279 requested emergency accommodation.  Of those who presented for placement, 186 were booked by SDCC staff.  For those who were not placed, they were referred through the Freephone number direct to Central Placement Services.  We would not have the information with regard to the CPS bookings.

Please find attached Table of daily placements made by the Council Homeless Services.