IMPACT national secretary Peter Nolan has written to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Alan Kelly TD, urging him to look at all available options to ensure that homeless services in Dublin don’t run out of funding before the end of the year.
Peter expressed the growing concern among IMPACT members, who are working in both Dublin City Council and in voluntary homeless services, that the funding allocation for homeless services will be insufficient to meet the demand for services through to the end of 2015. Reports indicate a significant shortfall in funding as the total estimated cost for services for the year is €68m. The funding allocation for 2015 is just €37.1m.
