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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: How was there a 6% increase?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Okay. It is 504 plus-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Five hundred and four plus 573 is?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Which is higher than 1,021.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: I understand now. I thank Ms Hayes. Even though the number of households exiting is increasing and presentations are decreasing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: -----and preventions are up, we are still talking about an overall increase of 12%. This relates to households, not people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Could I have the number of presentations in 2022?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: I thank the Chair. I will be as brief as I can. There were 2,059 singles plus 867 families in one year, and there were 1,970 singles plus 847 families in another year, minus 1,077 and 999. Where does the increase of 12% come from? Those figures all seem similar.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: The numbers are recorded over a week.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: People are counted as homeless only if they are homeless in the last week of a month.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: What is the rationale for that methodology?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: Are those who present as new in the first week of the month and exit in the third because they succeed in getting homeless HAP accommodation not counted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: All presentations and exits are counted, but I do not know how reliable the figure indicating a 12% rise overall in the number of households is if it does not reflect new presentations minus exits. That is my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)
Emer Higgins: I understand that.
- Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)
Emer Higgins: Some 4,400 young individuals are waiting for support from CAMHS. We are faced with a really stark reminder of the urgency and the immense responsibility we have as a Government in addressing youth mental health issues across Ireland because this number is not just a statistic. It represents real lives in need of immediate attention and the urgent need for reform and for better resourcing...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Emer Higgins: One of the few positives that we got from Covid-19 lockdowns is the rise in the ability to work from home. When I am out canvassing on a Monday and a Friday, I am continually amazed by how many people I meet who are working from home. We know that it has many benefits in terms of flexibility, better work-life integration and increased productivity but there is also a downside. It can make...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 Feb 2024)
Emer Higgins: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the opening of Kishogue train station; the target opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2024)
Emer Higgins: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims under the TLI scheme have been made by people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, respectively. [9470/24]