Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

That response is helpful. It seems that the homelessness statistics are lower than I feel they are in reality. I say this on the basis of the official statistics not including groups that many ordinary people would view as being homeless and are counted as being homeless in other countries, and on the basis of what I can only describe as the doctoring of the figures by the Minister and the Department. In reality, the figures are lower.