WQ86336 (w) Tabled on 18/10/2022

Will the Minister confirm how many people (both individuals, families and children) were placed in temporary accommodation in February and August 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022?

Answered by Minister for Climate Change | Answered on 28/10/2022

We began the monthly collection of management information about individuals in temporary accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic in August 2020, with the number of dependent children beginning collection from October 2020. We do not collect this data for families.

In August 2020, 976 individuals were placed into temporary accommodation and in August 2021, 1,183 individuals were placed into temporary accommodation with 252 of those being dependent children under 16. Data for 2022 is not yet available.

In February 2021 there were 1,034 individuals (168 of which were dependent children under 16) placed into temporary accommodation. In February 2022 there were 1,262 individuals placed into temporary accommodation, with 303 of these being dependent children under 16.