National Homeless Action Committee
- Published on: 3 March 2022
- Last updated on: 29 May 2026
- Relevant Body - Regulation of Lobbying Act
- Membership
- Terms of Reference
- Agendas and Minutes
- Expected Timeframe for the Group to Conclude its Work
- Reporting Arrangements
Delivering Homes, Building Communities commits to the continuation of the National Homeless Action Committee which was originally established in December 2021 under Housing for All.
NHAC is a cross-governmental and inter-agency oversight group with membership drawn from key Departments, agencies and stakeholders.
The overarching objective of the Committee is to ensure an emphasis on collaborating across Government to implement actions in Delivering Homes, Building Communities, along with bringing better coherence and coordination of homeless related services in delivering policy measures and actions to address homelessness. The work of the Committee will be informed by Delivering Homes, Building Communities.
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage chairs the Committee. The Committee meets on a quarterly basis.
Relevant Body - Regulation of Lobbying Act
The National Homeless Action Committee is a "relevant body" as defined under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. It complies with the provisions under the associated Transparency Code and is therefore exempted from the requirement to register and report on lobbying activities.
Membership
| Name of Member | Organisation | |
| Minister James Browne (Chair) | - | |
| Anna Visser | Department of the Taoiseach | - |
| Jim Walsh | Department of Health | - |
| Mary O’Regan | Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration | - |
| John Harding | ||
| Noel Hand | Department of Social Protection | - |
| Grainne Egan | Department of Education and youth | - |
| Andrew Patterson | Department of Children, Disability and Equality | - |
| Martin Whelan | The Housing Agency | - |
| Rob Lowth | Housing First National Office | |
| Sinéad Carr | County and City Management Association (CCMA) | - |
| Joseph Doyle | Health Service Executive (HSE) | - |
| Mary Hayes | Dublin Region Homeless Executive | - |
| Gerry Hone | Tusla | - |
| Elizabeth Peña | Cuan | - |
| John-Mark McCafferty | Threshold | No |
| Niall Mulligan | Peter McVerry Trust | No |
| Pat Dennigan | Focus Ireland | No |
| Louise Bayliss | St Vincent De Paul | No |
| David Carroll | DePaul | No |
| Catherine Kenny | Dublin Simon | No |
| Ber Grogan | Simon Communities | No |
| Conor Hickey | Crosscare | No |
| Maria Joyce | No | |
| Louisa Carr | Dublin Homeless Network | No |
Terms of Reference
Agendas and Minutes
Expected Timeframe for the Group to Conclude its Work
Ongoing.
Reporting Arrangements
The Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025 was published in Quarter 4 2022.