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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 10, 2018

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive to outline how many families/individuals in emergency accommodation in South Dublin were forced out or left without adequate accommodation during the visit of the Pope? 

REPLY:

The DRHE working with the four local authorities put in place a contingency plan to monitor and co-ordinate accommodation for homeless families during the Papal Visit.  All families seeking accommodation over the period were accommodated.

The Housing First Outreach Teams (operated by Focus Ireland & Peter McVerry Trust) were out on the streets of Dublin, engaging with people at risk of rough sleeping and working with them to access supports and shelter.  Single persons in general are not placed in B & B's or hotels and their placements were not affected by this visit.