114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether a child spending months or years living in emergency accommodation is not merely a housing issue but a serious children's rights and equality issue; the assessment his Department has made of the impact of prolonged homelessness on children (details supplied); whether he is satisfied that the State is meeting its…
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664. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department operates a formal forecasting model linking projected inward migration trends to projected emergency accommodation demand; and if he will provide details of this model. [38867/26]
666. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department has undertaken any scenario modelling examining the impact of varying migration levels on homelessness presentations since 2020. [38869/26]
668. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department has conducted any stress-testing of emergency accommodation capacity against projected migration scenarios since 2020. [38871/26]
672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any assessment has been conducted regarding the impact of migration trends on regional emergency accommodation pressures in Cork, Dublin, Galway or Limerick since 2022; and if so, if he will provide details of the findings. [38876/26]
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the monthly breakdown, on a national basis, of adults in emergency accommodation categorised as Irish citizens, EEA/UK citizens, and Non-EEA citizens, for each month from April 2022 to the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36231/26]
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any assessment has been undertaken regarding the impact of inward migration and international protection trends on demand for emergency accommodation since 2022; and if so, to provide details of such assessments. [36233/26]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has considered introducing a standardised national dataset recording the immigration status of persons accessing homeless services; and if not, the reason for same. [36234/26]
355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of adults in emergency accommodation who previously resided in International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation before entering homeless services, for each of the past 24 months. [36235/26]
357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has examined the reasons why nationality data is not collected in respect of children in emergency accommodation; and whether any legal, GDPR or operational barriers have been identified. [36238/26]
358. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless families in emergency accommodation where at least one adult is recorded as a Non-EEA citizen, for the latest period available. [36239/26]
359. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities receive guidance from his Department regarding the collection and reporting of citizenship data through PASS; and if so, to provide copies of any such guidance. [36240/26]
360. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the PASS system records the duration of time spent in emergency accommodation by citizenship category; and if so, to provide the average and median duration for Irish citizens, EEA/UK citizens and Non-EEA citizens for the most recent year available. [36241/26]
361. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has assessed the proportion of demand for emergency accommodation attributable to population growth arising from inward migration since 2022; and if so, to provide details of that assessment. [36243/26]
362. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any analysis has been undertaken regarding repeat presentations to homelessness services by persons previously accommodated through IPAS or Temporary Protection accommodation schemes. [36244/26]
364. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households entering emergency accommodation directly from private rental accommodation in each of the past 24 months, disaggregated by citizenship category where available. [36247/26]
365. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has undertaken any capacity stress-testing scenarios for emergency accommodation demand arising from future migration inflows or international protection pressures. [36248/26]
366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any cross-departmental forecasting framework exists between his Department, the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and the Department of Public Expenditure in relation to future homelessness demand. [36249/26]
368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons exiting International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation with status who subsequently entered emergency accommodation within (i) three months, (ii) six months and (iii) twelve months of exit, for each year since 2022. [36252/26]
370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any formal risk assessment has been carried out regarding the sustainability of emergency accommodation capacity under projected population growth trends. [36254/26]
371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department intends to expand published homelessness statistics to include additional demographic and migration-related indicators; and if so, the timeline for same. [36255/26]
382. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing homelessness duration-of-stay outcomes by nationality, citizenship category or immigration status since 2020. [36347/26]
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any national audit has been conducted examining variation between local authorities in homelessness eligibility determinations or emergency accommodation access decisions. [36348/26]
385. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any review has been undertaken regarding differing operational thresholds for access to emergency accommodation between local authorities. [36350/26]
386. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of emergency accommodation capacity nationally currently comprised of hotels, bed-and-breakfast accommodation, family hubs, congregated facilities and supported temporary accommodation respectively. [36351/26]