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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 12, 2015

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor L. Dunne

To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on the current state of homelessness in the county, including the number of families and single people on the list, and how this has changed since Tallaght Cross opened, the placement of families in Tallaght Cross in rented accomodation through HAPS, and the number of families being turned away due to lack of homeless accomodation places.

REPLY:

At present there are 249 registered as homeless with South Dublin County Council.

This is currently comprised of:

184 single people

65 families (this includes single people with overnight access).

As at the end of July there where 214 registered as homeless after the removal from the homeless register of the first half of families going into Tallaght Cross

At the end August there where 227 registered as homeless after the removal from the homeless register of the second half of the families going into Tallaght Cross.

There are currently two families who have been successfully HAPP’D from Tallaght Cross.

As at the 30th of September, there where 43 families fully assessed and waiting to be placed in emergency accommodation.