Dublin homeless plans will be rolled out — but at a later date

Emergency measures to ease the homeless crisis in Dublin will be replicated in other cities — but not immediately.

A spokesperson for the Department of the Environment said measures arising from Thursday’s emergency summit on homelessness in Dublin, called in the wake of Jonathan Corrie’s death on Monday in the shadow of Leinster House, would be utilised elsewhere.

However, given the acute nature of the problem in the capital, the resources which will make an extra 200 emergency beds available in Dublin by Christmas are unlikely to be on offer elsewhere until at least the new year.