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Despite the drop in figures, homelessness organisations have raised concerns that they may begin to rise again.
The PAC has made a number of recommendations on the system.
Homelessness is highest in Dublin, with 4,568 adults in emergency accommodation being reported.
Over 2,500 children in Ireland are currently homeless.
The report said the Housing First initiative should be “significantly expanded”.
A new report from Dublin County Council found that there is a higher mortality rate among single homeless people.
Housing minister Darragh O’Brien said homelessness remains “unacceptably high”.
The total number of people presenting at emergency accommodation was 8,484 in November.
Lefroy House is based on Eden Quay in Dublin City Centre and is run by the Salvation Army.
Rosemary Fearsaor-Hughes, a rough sleeper with a disability on staying in a hostel for the homeless.
The former Regency Hotel – now The Bonnington Hotel – has been used since at least 2014 for housing homeless families.
Newly released data on complaints details the issues facing people in emergency living situations.
The number of families in emergency accommodation is now at its lowest point since May 2017.
6,697 adults and 3,574 children were in emergency accommodation in January.
One hotel received payments between €4 million and €5 million.
Experts will instead suggest that stable placements in suitable temporary accommodation for families be provided.
€18 million was spent on emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in the first nine months of 2019.
The Justice Minister says over 1,300 asylum seekers are currently in emergency accommodation.
Over 1,000 asylum seekers are now living in hotels and B&Bs around Ireland.
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
Over 1,000 asylum seekers are now living in hotels and B&Bs around Ireland.
Figures published today show there are now 10,172 people in emergency accommodation.
10,378 people were recorded in emergency accommodation in April.
A rough sleeper count also found 128 people sleeping on the streets in Dublin.
That is according to correspondence obtained by TheJournal.ie under Freedom of Information.
The Dublin Regional Homeless Executive found that 1,233 families were residing in emergency accommodation at the end of 2018.
The playwright wrote his renowned Dublin trilogy in the house in the 1920s.
This is an increase of 169 adults and 65 children on last month.
The government has also been criticised for not introducing national standards for emergency accommodation.
195 people are currently living in hotels and B&Bs in the Cavan-Monaghan area.
Mary Lou McDonald has accused Leo Varadkar of ‘normalising child homelessness’.
The health rights of people in emergency accommodation are not a subject that comes up often enough, writes Lynn Ruane.
New documents reveal complaints by staff in emergency accommodation to the homeless providers in Dublin.
New documents detail the issues facing people living in homeless emergency accommodation.
A new survey of the experiences of users has been published by the Dublin Inquirer.
The architect and presenter of Room to Improve said Ireland needs to work on building communities – not just houses.
A new report has detailed the experiences of residents of the first two rapid-build developments.
Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon says the government needs to change its thinking.
The government says 600 people were counted wrongly as being homeless, others are not so sure.