Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I made a point about the past two months. I am not saying it is a trend but, if it continues to be a trend, it will be positive. I made a point about the 12 months of 2018 compared with the previous year and the year before that. The statistics show that, in 2016 and 2017, there were huge increases of people entering emergency accommodation. The net increase in 2018 was significant but it was nowhere near as large as the two previous years. That shows a trend that the number of people entering emergency accommodation is reducing over those three years. That is what it shows.