COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 23, 2024

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor J. Spear

"To ask the manager to give a report on emergency accommodation in Tallaght - is the Council looking to acquire more emergency accommodation for Tallaght?"

REPLY:

The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) is provided by Dublin City council as the lead statutory authority on the response to homelessness in Dublin and adopts a shared service approach across the Dublin region on behalf of South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. 

There are four family hubs in operation in South Dublin County at present as follows:

• High Street Family Hub (Abberley): a privately managed facility with 58 rooms (including 9 large family rooms) which is currently fully occupied with 54 households. 
• Firhouse Family Hub: managed by Respond Housing with 20 rooms and currently fully occupied by 20 households.
• Springfield Family Hub: also managed by Respond Housing and which is also fully occupied accommodating 12 households in twelve family rooms.
• Cappaghmore Family Hub: Managed by Peter McVerry Trust which has 8 rooms for small Families/mothers with small children.

There are three single hubs also in operation in South Dublin County at present as follows:

• Finnstown House - privately managed facility with placements for single females.
• Kilininny House – managed by Peter McVerry Trust.
• Kiltipper House – Managed by Peter McVerry Trust.

The Council is aware of the need for the provision of appropriate housing and related services to meet the needs of housing applicants and homeless persons in the County and continues to work proactively to address the ongoing challenges by increasing new housing supply through partnerships with approved housing bodies, ongoing choice based letting and other allocation options, turning around vacant Council properties for re-letting, supporting HAP tenancies and engaging with landlords on potential tenant in-situ acquisitions.

153 homes have been allocated to homeless households in South Dublin up to the 31st August 2024.