Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Monthly Homelessness Report

June 2021

Prepared by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage 1 gov.ie/housing

Details of adults accessing local authority managed emergency accommodation during the week of 14-20 June 2021

Region Homeless adults Male Female Dublin 4,069 2,669 1,400 Mid-East 322 215 107 Midlands 75 48 27 Mid-West 281 195 86 North-East 96 72 24 North-West 81 55 26 South-East 173 130 43 South-West 492 351 141 West 258 150 108 TOTAL 5,847 3,885 (66%) 1,962 (34%)

Region Ages 18-24 Ages 25-44 Ages 45-64 Ages 65+

Dublin 513 2,368 1,128 60 Mid-East 53 164 95 10 Midlands 19 41 14 1 Mid-West 32 171 73 5 North-East 9 52 25 10 North-West 18 40 22 1 South-East 26 100 42 5 South-West 61 272 141 18 West 47 122 79 10 TOTAL 778 (13%) 3,330 (57%) 1,619 (28%) 120 (2%)

Accommodation Types* Region PEA STA TEA Other Dublin 2,200 1,889 27 0 Mid-East 196 123 3 0 Midlands 49 10 16 0 Mid-West 50 198 33 0 North-East 21 54 21 0 North-West 37 28 13 3 South-East 35 138 0 0 South-West 333 165 0 0 West 124 134 0 0 TOTAL 3,045 2,739 113 3 * Note: clients may have accessed multiple accommodation types during the week

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Homelessness by county during the week of 14-20 June 2021

Counties1 Dublin Dublin 4,069 (70%) Kildare 135

Meath 159 Mid-East Wicklow 28 Sub-Total 322 (6%) Laois 19

Longford 10 Midlands Offaly 21 Westmeath 25 Sub-Total 75 (1%) Clare 63

Mid-West Limerick 218 Sub-Total 281 (5%) Louth/Monaghan/Cavan 96 North-East Sub-Total 96 (2%) Donegal/Leitrim 37

North-West Sligo 44 Sub-Total 81 (1%) Carlow 29

Kilkenny 30 Tipperary 28

South-East Waterford 62 Wexford 24 Sub-Total 173 (3%) Cork (Cork City and County councils) 412 South-West Kerry 80 Sub-Total 492 (8%) Galway (Galway City and County councils) 225 West Mayo/Roscommon 33 Sub-Total 258 (4%) National 5,847

1 Where fewer than ten individuals are recorded in a county, data are aggregated in line with best practice described in the Irish Statistical System Code of Practice (ISSCOP).

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Family homelessness during the week of 14 – 20 June 2021

(of which) single Region Total Families Total adults Total dependants parent families

Dublin 702 359 1,045 1,684 Mid-East 47 30 64 111 Midlands 12 11 13 22 Mid-West 31 25 37 46 North-East 8 5 11 18 North-West 6 5 7 13 South-East 14 8 20 25 South-West 46 38 54 94 West 66 33 99 154 TOTAL 932 514 (55%) 1,350 2,167

June homelessness report

In order to facilitate an upgrade of the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), which took place on the weekend of 25-27 June, the count week for the June monthly reports was brought forward by one week to 14-20 June. Homeless statistics and regional structures

The Department’s official homelessness statistics are published on a monthly basis and refer to the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities during a specific count week, typically the last full week of the month. The reports are produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), collated on a regional basis and compiled and published by the Department. Homelessness reporting commenced in this format in 2014.

Monthly homelessness data are published to www.housing.gov.ie on the last working Friday of every month. These data are also available in open format on www.data.gov.ie and are made available under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 License, and are available for reproduction elsewhere, subject to appropriate credit being given to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

The administration of homeless services is organised across nine administrative regions, with one local authority in each of the regions, “the lead authority”, having overall responsibility for the disbursement of Exchequer funding. In each region a Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum exists which includes representation from the relevant State and non-governmental organisations involved in the delivery of homeless services in a particular region. Delegated arrangements are governed by an annually agreed protocol between the Department and the lead authority in each region. These protocols set out the arrangements, responsibilities and financial/performance data reporting requirements for the delegation of funding from the Department.

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Under Sections 38 and 39 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 a statutory Management Group exists for each regional forum. This is comprised of representatives from the relevant housing authorities and the Health Service Executive, and it is the responsibility of the Management Group to consider issues around the need for homeless services and to plan for the implementation, funding and co-ordination of such services.

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Glossary:

PEA - Private Emergency Accommodation: this may include hotels, B&Bs and other residential facilities that are used on an emergency basis. Supports are provided to services users on a visiting supports basis.

STA - Supported Temporary Accommodation: accommodation, including family hubs, hostels, with onsite professional support.

TEA - Temporary Emergency Accommodation: emergency accommodation with no (or minimal) support

Region Lead Authority Local Authorities in region Dublin City Council Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Dublin South Dublin County Council Kildare County Council Mid-East Midlands Offaly County Council Westmeath County Council Limerick City and County Council Mid-West Limerick City and County Council Louth County Council North-East North- West Sligo County Council Waterford City and County Council South-East Waterford City and County Council Cork City Council South- West Galway City Council West gov.ie/housing

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