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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 08, 2021

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor Patrick Pearse Holohan

To ask if South Dublin County Council has a full breakdown of the total number of funds allocated to the DHRE and if it is aware what these funds were used for within the DHRE

REPLY:

Dublin City Council is the lead statutory authority with responsibility for co-ordinating responses to homelessness in the four Dublin Local Authorities. It operates a shared service arrangement which provides support to the regional management of homeless services in the four Dublin Local Authorities through the  Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE).

Provision of €2.5 million was made in the Council’s 2021 Annual Revenue Budget in respect of a contribution to Dublin City Council for the costs of operating the shared Dublin Regional Homeless Executive service and associated costs for the provision of homeless accommodation/services.  This is South Dublin County Council’s contribution to the overall cost of provision of homeless services, and includes the funding of voluntary and private service provision in addition to delivering core homeless services to people in the region including:

• Operation of emergency accommodation
• Delivery of the Homeless Housing Assistance Payment for those households in emergency accommodation or at risk of homelessness
• Operation of the Housing First Programme
• Monitoring of standards in emergency accommodation