Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2774. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons who have experienced homelessness since the pathway accommodation and support system, PASS, online database was brought into existence in homeless services as recorded on that database; the length of time those individuals have been homeless in years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35265/18]
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 related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Monthly homelessness data reports are produced by housing authorities using the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. My Department collates this information into monthly national homeless reports, which are available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/homelessness/other/homelessness-data. While these monthly reports include a breakdown of adults based on accommodation type at regional level, the specific data requested by the Deputy are not available in my Department and are a matter for the relevant housing authorities.
