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

The only figure we have is the month-on-month increase or decrease in the number of people in emergency accommodation. That is a useful metric.In fairness, the Government has made it much clearer by distinguishing between preventions and exits. The quarterly progress reports provide information on the number of people who presented to a local authority at risk of homelessness and were prevented from becoming homeless, either through the Threshold-run tenancy sustainment service involving rent supplement top-ups, or through a local authority allocation, a new homeless HAP allocation or tenant in situ. We only get that for the Dublin region, rather than State-wide. That gives some data but it does not give the full picture.