'Ad hoc system' sending those leaving direct provision straight into homelessness

According to the Department of Housing statistics, 179 single adults became homeless in Dublin as they left direct provision in the third quarter of this year.

People leaving direct provision are facing straight into homelessness due to an “ad hoc system” that is heaping “maximum stress” on services, local authorities and the international protection applicants themselves.

Mike Allen, director of advocacy at Focus Ireland, said the system appears designed to ensure that the failure of Ireland's housing system and its asylum system falls “most heavily” on those who have come to Ireland for protection and have had that claim upheld.