David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Are some homeless children not included in the figures presented by the Department? My understanding is that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government presents homelessness figures that include people in emergency accommodation in the main. Are there children under the watch of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs who would be classed as homeless? I refer to children who might stand separate from those classed as homeless under the definition of the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.