Dr. Clíona Saidléar:

In practical terms, the impact would be dissipated. Many of these people end up relying on services in the community and welfare. We are not adding all that up. The domestic violence bodies and services are really looking at how homelessness and domestic violence are interlinked. Currently, with homelessness, we are not really talking about domestic violence; we separate and silo those. There is a fair amount of work to be done on how this has an impact on poverty and homelessness.