513. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new housing first tenancies created in 2022, by local authority area. [63752/22] 

Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing First recognises that a stable home provides the basis for recovery in other areas. With Housing First, the priority is to support a person who has experienced homelessness into permanent housing as quickly as possible, without any preconditions around addiction or mental health treatment. Then, intensive work continues on these issues once they are housed. Housing First has been a key element of Government homelessness policy. 

The Housing First approach to addressing homelessness places direct access to housing first and foremost for vulnerable individuals using homeless services consistently or intermittently over long periods of time, and those unable or resistant to accessing homeless services and who may then become habitual rough sleepers. These individuals often have complex high support needs such as mental or physical health problems, addiction issues or dual diagnosis (the presence of mental ill health and a substance addiction). 

Data on the number of Housing First tenancies created are published every three months as part of my Department's Homeless Quarterly Progress Reports. The report for Q3 2022 shows that a total of 165 Housing First tenancies had been created since the beginning of 2022. A copy of the report is available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/256fc-homeless-quarterly-progress-report-for-q3-2022/ 

Full data for 2022 is not yet available but will be published as part of the Homeless Quarterly Progress Report for Q4 2022 in due course. 

The table below provides details on the number of tenancies created to end Q3 2022, by local authority area.