No formal agreements around €70m in homeless spending

Covid-19 exacerbated the need for supply of emergency accommodation and raised several additional challenges in relation to social distancing in existing, congregated settings.

An audit of Dublin City Council has found that 10% of expenditure by voluntary bodies involved in homeless services - worth some €70m - were not supported by service-level agreements (SLAs).

The audit, published by the Department of Housing, outlines how a spend of €199.6m was incurred by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) in the delivery of homeless services last year.