Ruth Coppinger
Question:355. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14604/19]
View answerThursday, 4 April 2019
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My 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.
The most recent report is for February 2019 and showed that there were 1,707 families in emergency accommodation in that month, with a total of 3,784 dependants associated with those families. The February 2019 monthly report is available on my Department’s website at the following link: https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/homeless-report-february-2019.