Election 2024: Homelessness — 'The political debate has been characterised by point scoring'

With 14,760 people in emergency accommodation in September, experts working at the coalface say a radical reset is needed

Pat Dennigan, CEO of homeless charity Focus Ireland: 'The future of over 4,000 children trapped in homelessness depends upon the ability of our political parties to rise to this challenge.' Picture: PA 

The numbers don’t lie and they are nothing short of appalling.

Over 10,000 people were recorded as homeless in Ireland for the first time in February 2019. The Government of the day described it as “disappointing”.