Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a brief question in respect of self-accommodation. When someone is in crisis, presents as homeless and no emergency accommodation is available, suggesting that they then go and ring around hotels to self-accommodate is a particularly punitive thing. I do not mean that as a criticism but I note it considering the stress they are under. We had done away with that self-accommodation option and people got their emergency accommodation through the central placement service. How many families are currently trying to source self-accommodation? Many of those people will be over-holding and, therefore, putting themselves and the owners of the properties in an even more difficult situation. Do we know how many households are in that position?