Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 November 2021
361. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons accommodated through homeless services within Kerry County Council; the locations they are housed in; and the numbers in each location in tabular form. [52342/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department publishes a detailed monthly report on homelessness, based on data provided by housing authorities. The Report outlines details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. The Reports are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/ and via the Government’s Open Data Portal data.gov.ie/
The most recently published data is in respect of September 2021. There were 89 adults in emergency accommodation in Kerry during the September count week a reduction of 21% on the position one year previously. County Kerry is part of the South West region for the purposes of homeless reporting, along with Cork City Council and Cork County Council. The combined South West region reported 60 families, with 122 dependants associated with these families, in emergency accommodation in September 2021.
My Department does not collate details on the locations of emergency accommodation provided by individual housing authorities.
