Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has raised the issue in Galway city on many occasions in the Dáil in recent years. Galway City Council is the housing authority and, through the ambition of the housing strategy, will be met with funding from Government. That has been the consistent approach we have taken with all local authorities.

Considerable progress is being made in addressing homelessness, particularly the work since 2022 giving us the capability to record preventions and exits separately. Quarter 4 2023 prevention figures represent significant increases on those for quarter 4 2022, with 91% more households, 100% more adults and 116% more families prevented from entering homelessness. That is significant progress. We are dealing with the dual challenge of an increasing population and trying to bring housing of all tenure types onstream at pace and scale.

Housing For All is working and it is making important interventions throughout the country. In some cases, homelessness is on the decrease.

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