Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 600 persons which he claimed on 30 April 2018 in a Departmental press release had been miscategorised as homeless by local authorities that had tenancy agreements at the time of the alleged miscategorisation; and the number that were in short-term ad hoc accommodation arrangements provided by local authorities and or the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive. [20227/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 24 and 25 of 8 May 2018.  While tenancy arrangements are a matter for individual housing authorities, as indicated in the reply referred to, the issues arising in relation to the misclassification of certain households as homeless have not yet been fully addressed, so I am not in a position to provide a complete account in relation to such practices.  My Department is engaging with local authorities as part of its continuing examination of the matter.