Homeless Persons Data

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Questions (391)

Stephen Donnelly

Question:

391. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the number of homeless persons registered in each county as of 1 May 2014. [24422/14]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

A recent survey of lead housing authorities confirmed that 2,478 unique individuals utilised Section 10-funded emergency accommodation nationally during the week of 7 to 13 April 2014. A regional breakdown of this total is provided in the table below; a county breakdown is not available in my Department. Further details are provided in the recently published Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessness which is available on my Department's website:

http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/SpecialNeeds/HomelessPeople/

Unique individuals that utilised Section 10-funded emergency accommodation during the week of 7 to 13 April 2014

Region	No. of unique individuals
Dublin	1,551
Mid-West	245
South West	225
South East	142
West	137
Mid East	79
Midlands	41
North West	39
North East	19
Total	2,478