{"id":2133,"date":"2023-06-14T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/discrepancy-in-rough-sleeper-figures-must-be-explained\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T10:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:41:27","slug":"discrepancy-in-rough-sleeper-figures-must-be-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/discrepancy-in-rough-sleeper-figures-must-be-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrepancy in rough sleeper figures must be explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Half of rough sleepers recorded by homeless outreach team excluded from official figures<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has asked the Government to explain why not all rough sleepers have been counted in official figures published by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn article published by the Dublin Inquirer raises serious questions about discrepancies in the figures. It revealed that 180 people were counted as sleeping rough in the capital by the Dublin Simon Community Outreach team last November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, the official figure for the numbers of people sleeping rough, as published by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, was 91 \u2013 just half of that counted by the outreach team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow is it possible that half the numbers counted as sleeping rough in Dublin \u2013 by a charity working at the coalface of homelessness \u2013 were not included in the official figures?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister must immediately contact the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and ask why so many rough sleepers have been excluded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>June 14, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half of rough sleepers recorded by homeless outreach team excluded from official figures Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has asked the Government to explain why not all rough sleepers have been counted in official figures published by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive. 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