Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023
125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children living in Department of Housing-funded emergency accommodation in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and currently. [23145/23]
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 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 and 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/ .
Children have been clearly enumerated in the monthly homeless statistics since July 2021; previously it is understood that a small number of adult dependants had been included under the 'dependants' category.
All homeless data from January 2019 to date are also published on the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's open data portal at: data.gov.ie/ .
