Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 January 2019
598. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons accommodated in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation by each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/19]
View answerMy Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System, PASS. The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
These reports include information broken down by accommodation type at the regional level. Commercial hotels and B&Bs are included within the private emergency accommodation, PEA, category as are other commercially provided emergency accommodation arrangements. Specific figures for hotels or B&B usage are not available in my Department, but certain data in relation to the use of hotels for emergency accommodation in Dublin are available on the Dublin Region Homeless Executive website: www.homelessdublin.ie/info.
