Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023
163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless people in north county Dublin; and the number of people on the social housing waiting list in north county Dublin. [23559/23]
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 on a regional basis. Data is not collected for the specific area North County Dublin, however, in the Dublin region there were 8,775 individuals in emergency accommodation during the March count week.
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/ and are also published to the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform's open data portal data.gov.ie/.
Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recent summary for 2022, published 24 March 2023, is available at:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/.
Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support is not collected for North County Dublin. However, the annual SSHA, conducted in November 2022, shows that 5,789 households qualified for social housing whose need was unmet in Fingal County Council.
