Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2017
646. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,100 of 20 June 2017, if these persons will now be included in his Department's monthly homeless statistics in view of the fact it is now sourced and funded by Dublin City Council under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 (details supplied). [31037/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraOfficial homeless reports are published on my Department's website and can be accessed using the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. These reports are published on a monthly basis capturing details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities.
With effect from 22 May 2017, the Department of Social Protection's New Communities Unit have no role in the placement or administration of emergency accommodation. All placements into emergency accommodation overseen by housing authorities, irrespective of nationality, are now completed by the relevant housing authority and those persons/households will be included in all future PASS monthly homeless reports published on my Department's website.
