Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
685. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown by nationality of the 12,259 people in emergency accommodation; how many that are Irish citizens, non-Irish EU citizens, citizens of the United Kingdom and citizens of other countries outside of the EU or UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/23]
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 April 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/.
Since April 2022 my Department has gathered information from local authorities on citizenship of adults accessing emergency accommodation. The citizenship information is broken down by Irish, EEA/UK and Non-EEA and is available on a regional basis at the link above. For ease of reference for the Deputy’s information the nationality breakdown in April 2023 was Irish - 60%, EEA/UK - 22% and Non EEA -18%.
