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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, June 25, 2018

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor Emma Hendrick

"To ask the Chief Executive what is the criteria for allocating people who are homeless to the Abberley Hub as opposed to allocating them to Tallaght Cross?"

REPLY:

There are three family 'hubs' in this County.  Gleann na hEorna, Abberley Court and Tallaght Cross.  Whenever a vacancy occurs in one of these facilities families are offered accomodation depending on their time homeless, suitability to room size, current accommodation etc.  

Generally speaking it is a family that has been homeless longest and whose size matches the room / accommodaton available that will be nominated and offered the placement in a hub.  Should this family refuse the offer the next family on the list will be offered the placement.  A second offer will not be made to the family who refused the offer.  In other words families cannnot wait until a placement comes available in a hub of their choice.  Families do not move between hubs.