Professor Eoin O'Sullivan:

It primarily relates to the private rental sector. While the social housing output will increase, it will not be at levels that are sufficient to make a significant dent on homeless figures. There will be a continuous flow of people into homelessness from the private rental sector, which is something we see on a quarter-by-quarter basis. We are seeing a decrease in the number of exits from homelessness. In Dublin, in the second quarter, it was down to almost an all-time low of only 250 adults exiting from emergency accommodation. The indications are that the inflow is increasing and the number of exits is decreasing. That has been the pattern in the first two months of this year.