Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023
689. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of people who became homeless in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27399/23]
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 PASS.
My Department does not track the number of people who become homeless on a yearly basis. The monthly homelessness report includes information on 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/.
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 my 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/. Collated regional quarterly performance reports, which include details of the number of new family/new single presentations and repeat family/repeat single presentations on a daily basis, is also published by my Department and can be accessed at the aforementioned link.
