Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
313. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons from the Travelling community presenting as homeless each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/21]
View answerMy Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis on the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The reports are collated on a regional basis, are published on my Department's website and can be accessed using the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/.
The reports do not provide information on the ethnicity of households accessing emergency accommodation and as such the information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.
