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Problems with the homeless figures
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Wednesday June 21, 2006 13:20 by Mark G
The Homeless agency last month claimed that homeless figures had dropped by a fifth in Dublin last year. The Homeless agency last month claimed that homeless figures had dropped by a fifth in Dublin last year. While this came as a surprise to those working on the ground in the sector, it shouldn’t have. The current government is all to willing to massage figures to suit its own agenda, they are also all to willing to attempt to pull the wool of the publics eye’s. NGO’s in the sector have pointed out that there remains a large number of hidden homeless who haven’t been counted in the figures and they say that they haven’t experienced any change in the situation in recent years. The term hidden homeless refers to people who have no fixed abode who are sleeping on friends floors or sofa’s or who don’t register for support services. Fr Peter McVerry of the Arrupe society has publicly stated that he believed the number of hidden homeless has increased due to an increased reluctance of people to stay in hostels where they will be exposed to drink and drugs. There have also been problems of bullying in hostels. A further problem in the homeless official figures is that they do not include those who are denied access to welfare payments because they do not meet residency criteria set out by the Government. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2Apolgies this should have been added, the new homeless figures in Dublin according to the Homeless agency is 2,015 down 19% since 2002.
Fr Peter McVerry agrees that the figures are dodgy in this Daily Ireland article.
http://dailyireland.televisual.co.uk/home.tvt?_ticket=9...opp=1