DCC to coordinate response to aid homeless people in hot weather

Dublin City Council, as the lead statutory authority in the Dublin Region, is coordinating the response to ensure homeless persons at risk are sheltered for the duration of any extreme weather event.

In response to the hot weather warning expected over the coming days, arrangements are in place with service providers to ensure that temporary shelter will continue to be available to all who wish to access it, the council says.

The DRHE-funded Dublin Street Outreach Service and Housing First Intake Team (provided by Dublin Simon & Peter McVerry Trust) will be engaging with those at risk of rough sleeping in order to provide shelter for anyone who needs it.

The Outreach Teams will ensure the distribution of water and sunscreen; the provision of shelter, as required; the encouragement of people to be sun aware; the use of social media/apps to ask the public to report people sleeping rough during the hot weather.

“We encourage anyone requiring emergency accommodation to contact their local authority,” the council says.