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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 11, 2016

QUESTION NO.12

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to update the Council on the number of families who have presented as Homeless during the past month; will he detail what arrangements have been made to facilitate those families and confirm that every effort is being made to accommodate those families in areas convenient to them.

REPLY:

Presentations May 2016

Total Families Presented                                                                    123

New Presenters                                                                                 73

Re Presenters                                                                                   50

Every effort is made to try and accommodate families in their area of preference but this is not always possible in the majority of cases due to the pressure on the system. At present due to the lack of rooms in the system most families will be given the self-accommodate option to source their own accommodation. South Dublin County Council operates two family facilities which both have extensive waiting lists, both lists operate strictly on a time on list basis.