This report tracks adults in State-funded emergency accommodation by broad nationality grouping. It is a monthly snapshot from homelessness reporting, not an IPAS accommodation table and not a cumulative yearly total.

11,864Total adults in emergency accommodation in May 2026.
5,887Irish adults in the May 2026 snapshot.
2,282EEA/UK adults in the May 2026 snapshot.
3,695Non-EEA adults in the May 2026 snapshot.

Selected Monthly Snapshots

MonthTotalIrishEEA/UKNon-EEA
January 20249,5045,2992,1762,029
December 202410,3545,3552,2462,753
December 202511,5465,7342,2893,523
May 202611,8645,8872,2823,695

Caveat: each row is a point-in-time count. Do not add monthly rows together. A person counted in April may also be counted in May.

Source

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Homelessness data.

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