Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
2927. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons aged 18 to 24 years of age listed in the homelessness report for April 2019 that came through the care system by region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33494/19]
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
My Department does not collate the information requested by the Deputy.
