Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1588. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adults, families and children who spent time in emergency homeless accommodation in 2017; and the average length of time spent in emergency accommodation for individuals and families, respectively. [16084/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
These monthly reports include a breakdown based on accommodation type. Commercial hotels are included within the private emergency accommodation (PEA) category as are other commercially provided emergency accommodation arrangements. The specific data requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.
