In all of 2022, 45 people accessing Dublin homelessness services died.
The statistics released to Peadar Tóibín TD under the Freedom of Information Act show that one of the deceased was a teenager under 18 years old.As of the end of February 2023, there were 8,588 individuals accessing homeless services in Dublin. This figure includes 2,576 children.
The Dublin Region Homeless Executive covers the areas of South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.This figure was 68 in 2021, and 46 in 2020.Age breakdownAdvertisementAdditionally, four of the deceased were aged between 60 and 69.“Behind each one of these statistics is an individual and their family and friends,” he said.
“It is a scandal that people are dying homeless in Ireland in 2023 at this rate and that the government has taken so long to look into it.”In May, the Department of Health released a report on the premature deaths of homeless people in Ireland. It found that while the majority of those who died had a history of drug and alcohol use, the deaths were primarily the result of the “social determinants” of health, such as inadequate accommodation, poverty, lack of employment, child and adult trauma, and imprisonment.Recommendations included increasing provision of naloxone for overdoses, better mental healthcare that is sex-specific, and better harm-reduction strategies for people who use drugs.
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