State spends €19k for every homeless person nationwide

The State spent more than €19,000 for every homeless person in the country last year on services and supports alone.

This figure, compiled by the Irish Examiner, does not include the construction or refurbishment of social houses for those sleeping rough or in emergency accommodation.

Nor does it include the amount of money that local authorities supplemented from their own resources, on top of the allocation they received from the Department of Environment for homeless supports. More than €95m — or around €19,000 for every homeless person — was spent by the State on homeless services last year.