Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 July 2018
354. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 3,826 homeless children listed in the May 2018 homelessness report in emergency accommodation in hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29770/18]
View answerMy Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities.
Monthly homelessness data reports are produced by housing authorities using the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. My Department collates this information into monthly national homeless reports, which are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
While these monthly reports include a breakdown of adults based on accommodation type at regional level, details in relation to families and dependents are not available in my Department and are a matter for the relevant housing authorities.
