COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 11, 2024

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor K. Mahon

To ask the Chief Executive to produce figures on the number of homeless individuals in SDCC, in table form, for the period from 2019 to present?

REPLY:

The table below details the number of households that were on the Council’s homeless register at the 1st January for each year requested.  A further breakdown of adults and children for the years 2021 to 2024 is also provided, note this data is not available for years previous to this.

 

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Households

628

589

508

474

495

607*

Adults

 

 

611

580

623

753

Children

 

 

445

424

434

645

 * Please note the DRHE carried out a review of the PASS system bookings in late November/December 2023 which identified a number of additional SDCC clients who were placed by the DRHE and which has resulted in an increase in the number of clients on our Homeless Register.