Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

In the past couple of days, Aontú has received information that shows nearly 400 people have died while homeless in this State in the past five years. That figure is shockingly sad. Many people in this country have died in homeless situations in a short period of time. The figure does not even include people who have died while rough sleeping. It only includes those who have accessed homeless services. Shockingly, that figure is only for Dublin. It does not reflect what is happening in the rest of the State. No one collects the figures for people who die homeless in any other county in the country outside Dublin. The Taoiseach will agree that it is a human disaster that anybody dies while homeless. What does it say about a country when it does not even bother to collect the information about those who die in the other 25 counties in the State? How can we improve access to addiction services, mental health services and emergency accommodation if we are not even collecting the information and know so little about these individuals?

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