Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2019
1176. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adults and children who exited homelessness in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority area in tabular form [45318/19]
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. While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, the administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis.
Quarterly performance reports are submitted to my Department by local authorities on a regional basis. These reports provide information on the numbers of adults exiting homelessness to a tenancy. Data is not currently available on the number of children that have exited homelessness to a tenancy.
The table below sets out the number of adults exiting homelessness to a tenancy from 2016 to the end of Quarter 2 2019.
|
Exits from homelessness (No. of Adults) |
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|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
To end Q2 2019 |
|
|
Dublin |
1,833 |
3,225 |
3,572 |
1,940 |
|
Mid East |
135 |
150 |
153 |
66 |
|
Midlands |
185 |
185 |
177 |
73 |
|
Mid West |
185 |
309 |
252 |
136 |
|
North East |
49 |
77 |
113 |
49 |
|
North West |
81 |
74 |
93 |
64 |
|
South East |
186 |
179 |
178 |
105 |
|
South West |
297 |
360 |
430 |
241 |
|
West |
128 |
170 |
167 |
151 |
|
Total |
3,079 |
4,729 |
5,135 |
2,825 |
