Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 7 September 2018
1342. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children in emergency housing accommodation by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35726/18]
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 county level, details in relation to dependents (typically children but may include dependent adults) are not available on a county level in my Department and are a matter for the relevant housing authorities. The number of dependents in emergency accommodation in each region in July is provided below:
|
Area |
Number |
|
Dublin |
2894 |
|
Mid-East (Kildare, Meath, Wicklow) |
129 |
|
Midlands (Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath) |
83 |
|
Mid-West (Clare, Limerick) |
176 |
|
North-East (Louth, Monaghan, Cavan) |
43 |
|
North-West (Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo) |
7 |
|
South-East (Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford) |
71 |
|
South-West (Cork, Kerry) |
255 |
|
West (Galway, Mayo, Roscommon) |
208 |
|
Total |
3867 |
