Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish TimesThe Department of Housing is seeking additional funding of more than €152 million this year to meet the cost of providing accommodation for people who are homeless. New official figures, published on Thursday, show it will need €480.01 million to pay for such accommodation, an additional requirement of €152.2 million for this purpose. This includes an additional €73.6 million for local authority housing and €84 million in current expenditure on its social housing programme. An additional €8 million in funding is needed by the department for what is described as “major sporting events”. Overall Government departments will need nearly €2.4 billion in additional funding this year to cover costs that exceeded their initial budgets for 2025.

Source: The Irish Times November 21, 2025 15:20 UTC