Mr. David Kelly:

The Deputy is correct that the homelessness figures record people in State-funded emergency accommodation. On people in overcrowded, or what is sometimes referred to as hidden homelessness, and discourse, the summary of social housing needs assessment is published every year. That records details of people with unmet social housing need and it is a much higher number. I think the latest one published was for November 2022. I think 2023 will be published shortly. There was approximately 60,000 households on the social housing list. That is people with an unmet social housing need. Obviously people who are in homelessness are a subset of that but that category is a much larger number of people. It would include people in overcrowded accommodation. There would be a detailed breakdown. The two reports are distinct but the information is there between the two reports.