Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 March 2025
98. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding provided to every local authority for the provision of emergency accommodation in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/25]
View answerMy Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services. Under the funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of any funded service from their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related services outside of the Exchequer funding arrangements that apply. Therefore, the exact amounts spent by housing authorities on homeless services are a matter for those authorities.
Exchequer funding for homeless services is provided through my Department to housing authorities on a regional basis. The funding provided to each of the homeless regions in 2024, and to date in 2025 is set out below:
|
Exchequer funding provided to homeless regions |
|
|
|
Region |
2024 |
2025 |
|
Dublin |
€283,060,150 |
€37,920,450 |
|
Mid East |
€13,290,477 |
€1,260,018 |
|
Midlands |
€6,675,651 |
€546,062 |
|
Mid West |
€15,714,000 |
€2,600,650 |
|
North East |
€8,909,800 |
€463,350 |
|
North West |
€3,493,500 |
€321,000 |
|
South East |
€9,624,951 |
€1,445,513 |
|
South West |
€28,215,261 |
€2,690,065 |
|
West |
€16,016,164 |
€2,384,500 |
Financial reports from each of the homeless regions for previous years, are available on my Department's website at the link below. These financial reports include detail of emergency accommodation facilities in each region and the expenditure incurred on these services.
www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
