Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 June 2018
602. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the 875 persons removed from the March and April 2018 homeless report by local authority and by family type in tabular form; the detail of the accommodation arrangements for each of these families at the time they were removed from the homeless figures; and the reason for this removal. [27979/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy 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 reports are collated on a regional basis, are published on my Department's website and can be accessed at the following link:http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data.
During the compilation of the March Homeless Report, in the course of examining data from local authorities, my Department ascertained that a number of local authorities were categorising households who had been provided with accommodation in local authority owned or leased stock, as being in emergency accommodation. As the households in question were not in emergency accommodation, the relevant local authorities amended their March and April figures accordingly.
My Department does not have a breakdown of the family types involved. The numbers of individuals previously recorded as being in emergency accommodation, who had actually been in houses and apartments prior to the reporting periods in question, is set out in the table below.
|
Region/local authority |
Adults and Dependents |
|
DRHE |
376 |
|
South West Region( Kerry) |
66 |
|
Mid –East (Meath) |
45 |
|
Mid-West Region ( Limerick) |
101 |
|
South East Region (Waterford) |
76 |
|
North East Region (Louth) |
211 |
|
Total |
875 |
My Department has written to each local authority, seeking further information on the accommodation in place for all individuals reported as being in emergency accommodation for the period of the March homelessness report. The collection of this data from the local authorities is ongoing.
