Professor Eoin O'Sullivan:

It is worth noting that the number of children in emergency accommodation has dropped dramatically in the past two years, from 4,000 to 2,500. That is partly because families have been exited from emergency accommodation at accelerated rates. While that may not be enough, the figure had increased from 500 to 4,000 in a period of five years and is now dropping rapidly. It might be worth exploring the reasons for that in different regions.