Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 May 2023
124. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will produce data on the number of people who have presented to local authorities as homeless in the past 12 months; if he will commit to publishing this data alongside homelessness figures each month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23437/23]
View answerMy Department currently gathers and 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 monthly homelessness report includes details of individuals, families and the dependants of these families who accessed emergency accommodation during the relevant count week of the month in question. The most recently published data is in respect of March 2023. The reports are collated on a regional basis and are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/ and are also published to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's open data portal data.gov.ie/.
My Department also publishes quarterly progress reports which are based on quarterly performance reports submitted by the nine regional lead authorities responsible for the administration of homeless services at local level. The quarterly performance reports include details of the numbers of individuals prevented from entering emergency accommodation and exiting emergency accommodation into tenancies and the duration of stay in emergency accommodation. The quarterly progress report summarises the data submitted to the Department. The most recent published data is in respect of Q1 2023 and the report is available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/. Furthermore, at this link you will find the individual regional quarterly performance reports that includes details of the number of new family/new single presentations and repeat family/repeat single presentations on a daily basis.
