I have some concerns with regard to this amendment:ie Policy - Temporary Accommodation Located in the City Centre:
It is the Policy of Dublin City Council: To ensure a review of the existing provision of temporary/homeless accommodation in the City Centre, with a specific regard to Dublin 1, 7 and 9. The aim of which should be to reduce the overconcentration of services in those locations. There will also be a general presumption against the development and expansion of any new temporary/homeless accommodation services within Dublin 1, 7 and 8, including adaptation of tourist hostels and hotels, in acknowledgement of the existing concentration of such uses.
While I recognise that there is an overconcentration of homeless/temporary accommodation in these areas we need to recognise the difficulty in sourcing accommodation suitable for homeless/temporary accommodation outside the city centre areas and that this policy may increase the number of homeless persons rough sleeping due to insufficient beds/temporary accommodation being made available. Perhaps an additional line indicating that every effort will be made to provide more temporary/homeless accommodation in areas not currently prodving such services.