COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, January 28, 2019
QUESTION NO. 11
QUESTION: Councillor D. Richardson
"To ask the Chief Executive to report on the amount of families in homeless hubs and hotels in Tallaght?"
REPLY:
"As of 31st December 2018, there were 298 families registered as homeless with South Dublin County Council.
There are 121 families in family hubs in the Tallaght Area:
Abberley (High Street Hub) - 45
Respond Firhouse & Springfield - 12
Tallaght Cross – 64
All families that present as homeless and use emergency accommodation are included on a waiting list for a family hub. Allocation of spaces in South Dublin’s family hubs in general is on a time on list basis. However, exceptions may be made where there are extenuating circumstances in particular cases.
On 7th January 2019, there were 196 families from the South Dublin Local Authority availing of emergency accommodation in hotels and B and Bs. These families must source their own hotel accommodation, and payment is made directly to the hotels by the DRHE. It is not possible to break the information regarding hotel accommodation down by area as the service is provided on a regional basis i.e. clients from South Dublin will be spread throughout the Dublin region."