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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2023

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into how SDCC will meet the need for single room emergency accommodation in SDCC in the Dublin mid-west area?

REPLY:

Our Homeless Unit continues to assist households becoming homeless or at risk of homelessness. Working in conjunction with the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, we operate an advice clinic in County Hall and provide outreach services across the County, as well as detailing emergency accommodation options including central placement, self-accommodate, family hubs and other supported accommodation.  Staff in the homeless unit will organise emergency accommodation for those assessed as homeless through the Assessment and Placement Service and the DRHE is providing extra beds for the Dublin Region for the “cold weather“ season with sufficient emergency accommodation available to meet the arising need for single persons.  However, in conjunction with the DRHE, the Council continues to explore options for additional emergency accommodation within the South Dublin administrative area, particularly in the area north of the Naas Road, to supplement the existing regional emergency accommodation provision.

Our homeless outreach service operates all year round for rough sleepers across the County, working with other agencies, including the HSE, in identifying rough sleepers and connecting them with appropriate accommodation and support services, playing a vital role in assisting homeless rough sleepers during the winter months, and the Council is also committed to the provision of Housing First tenancies for long-term homeless single people where appropriate.