Slight Drop In Homeless Figures For Christmas But 14% Higher Than A Year Ago
13,318 people were registered as homeless over Christmas.
It included 3,962 children.
As expected the total was a slight decrease on November's total as a number of people who live in emergency accommodation stay with family or friends over Christmas.
The figure of 13,318 is 14 percent higher than Christmas 2022.
In Dublin, the issue is most severe where there are 6,754 homeless adults and 3,020 children growing up in B&Bs and hotels.
The state's total does not include refugees, asylum seekers, women in refuge centres, rough sleepers or the so-called hidden homeless.
