Professor Eoin O'Sullivan:

I think we will see an increase over the next year before things will start to slow down. The pressure is in the private rented sector with increasing rents and the increasing demands on the sector and as Ms Gleeson pointed out, the 50% figure is a gross underestimate. I suspect it is the majority and until something is done with section 34 and the right to terminate tenancies, we will see a continuous flow of families into homelessness.