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National Social Inclusion Office Primary Care Division Health Service Executive Mill Lane Palmerstown 20

3rd July, 2017

Deputy Eoin Ó Broin, Dáil Eireann, Kildare St., Dublin 2.

PQ 27953/17

* To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 444 of 16 May 2017, the number of HSE homeless section 39 funded services that received funding in the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of these organisations that also received section ten funding from central government

Dear Deputy Ó Broin,

The Health Service Executive has been requested to reply directly to your above Parliamentary Question which you submitted to the Minister for Health for response. I have examined the matter and the following outlines the position:

For the Deputy’s information please find the below list of section 39 funded services attributed to Homelessness in 2015 and 2016 and allocated in 2017 by CHO area.

CHO area Organisations (in receipt of section 39 funding) 1 Cuan Mhuire Shalomar/Finisklin Housing Association Sligo Social Services St Vincent de Paul 2 COPE Cuan Mhuire Diocesan Youth Services Galway Simon St Vincent De Paul Threshold 3 Associated Charities Trust Cuan Mhuire Focus Good Shephard Centre Homeless Alliance Lions Trust Novas RCCN St Vincent de Paul Respond 4 Cork Foyer Cork Simon Good Shephard Centre Kerry Homeless Information Centre Mercy sisters and daughters of charity Novas O’Connell Court Renewal Sophia Housing St Helens Care Association St Vincent de Paul Threshold 5 Cuan Saor Focus Ireland Good Shephard Centre South East Simon St Vincent de Paul 6 Crosscare Dublin Regional Homeless Executive Five loaves Sophia Housing 7 Aids Fund Bray community addiction service Crosscare Daisy House Dublin Regional Homeless Executive Focus Ireland Homeless Addiction Prison Novas Peter McVerry Trust Merchants Quay Rialto Homeless Safetynet Salvation Army Dublin Simon St Andrews St Vincent de Paul Teach Iosa Whitefriar Street YMCA

8 Drogheda Homeless Aid

Dundalk Simon

Midlands Simon

St Vincent de Paul

TEAM – Temporary Emergency Accommodation

Tullamore Housing Association Mullingar

9 Capuchin Day Centre Crosscare Cuan Mhuire – Teach Mhuire Dublin Regional Homeless Executive Dublin Simon Focus Ireland Hail (Housing Association for Integrated Living) Our Lady of Charity Peter McVerry Trust Safetynet Salvation Army Sophia Housing St Vincent de Paul Trust

Funding under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 is a matter for the relevant local authority. I trust this information is of assistance to you but should you have any further queries please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

______Joseph Doyle National Planning Specialist