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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 09, 2015

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Chief Executive  What is the Council’s spend on emergency accommodation to date this year and what was the spend on emergency accommodation last year?

REPLY:

Homelessness is dealt with on a regional basis by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive with Dublin City Council as the lead Authority.  They manage the Central Placement Service on an agency basis and South Dublin County Council pays a contribution in respect of all expenditure on homeless services which includes Emergency Accommodation.  In 2014, a contribution of approx. €1.19 million was paid to the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (Dublin City Council).   We have not received invoice for expenditure in 2015 to date however it is anticipated to be in the region of €2M.