Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 April 2016
132. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of persons who have presented as homeless in counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; if he will further provide a breakdown in terms of single males, single females; couples or one-parent families with one child and couples or one-parent families with one or more children. [7899/16]
View answerTraditionally, data on the number of homeless households were not quantified nationally on an ongoing basis. Some data on homelessness are available through Housing Needs Assessment reports; these reports, which were generally carried out every three years, analysed categories of housing need, including in respect of homelessness, but only where an application had been made to a housing authority. Accordingly, details with regard to a breakdown of homeless presentations for counties Louth and Meath for the years 2010 to 2016 are not available in my Department but may be sought from the relevant housing authorities.
The Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS) was implemented nationally in 2014 as a national information and management system for homeless services that are overseen by housing authorities. My Department collects PASS data from lead housing authorities and reports are published on my Department's website as soon as they are available at: http://www.environ.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
