Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
713. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and percentage increase in homelessness presentations per local authority for each of the months February to June 2022. [40877/22]
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 with nine regional lead authorities in place nationally.
Quarterly performance reports are submitted to my Department by regional lead authorities which provide information on entries and preventions on a regional basis. The performance reports provide a basis for a quarterly homelessness progress report. The Q1 2022 Progress Report gives enhanced data in respect of family presentations, which has been provided to my Department by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive in respect of the Dublin region:
|
Month |
Total families presenting |
Less families prevented from entering emergency accommodation |
Net new families entering emergency accommodation |
Families leaving emergency accommodation |
|
Jan-22 |
134 |
60 |
74 |
35 |
|
Feb-22 |
133 |
53 |
80 |
31 |
|
Mar-22 |
146 |
55 |
91 |
41 |
|
2022 YTD |
413 |
168 |
245 |
107 |
As a result of improvements to data collection in Q1 2022, this data is now available from all regions on a quarterly basis. The summary Quarterly Progress Report and Performance Reports from each region are available on my Departments website at the following link www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/.
The national data in terms of family presentation, preventions and exits are set out in the table below:
|
Quarter |
Total families presenting |
Less families prevented from entering emergency accommodation |
Net new families entering emergency accommodation |
Families leaving emergency accommodation |
|
Q1 2022 |
728 |
262 |
466 |
200 |
