Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to make very clear that the figures I tried to give earlier show we have a homelessness rate of approximately 2.7 households for every 1,000 households. In England, the figure is 3.45 homeless households for 1,000. The figure for Scotland is higher again. The Deputy is right to say that the number of those rough sleeping in England, namely, 4,134 people, is also very high. When the census was taken, the figure in Ireland was 123. The count of rough sleepers taken twice a year estimates the number approximately 130 or 140. It might be slightly higher. We try to monitor this figure, deal with it and be very clear.

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