There were a record-breaking 16,766 people in emergency accommodation at the end of October, including 11,492 adults and 5,274 children. Depaul Ireland CEO David Carroll says we are seeing an over-reliance on private emergency accommodation. In private emergency accommodation, the department says: “Supports are provided to services users on a visiting supports basis”. There are around 3,300 adults in supported temporary accommodation, with just 118 in temporary emergency accommodation — which is emergency accommodation with no (or minimal) support. In total in 2024, 21 contracts over a value of €10m were awarded for provision of emergency accommodation.

Source: Irish Examiner December 21, 2025 19:03 UTC