Over 130 people located by council s rough sleeper app four months since launch
The Mendicity Institute believes the app cuts rough sleepers out of the conversation By Adam Daly Monday 3 May 2021, 6:30 AM 1 hour ago 3,258 Views 1 Comment
Image: Leah Farrell
Image: Leah Farrell
AN APP THAT allows the public to alert homeless services to the exact whereabouts of rough sleepers in Dublin has located 134 people in the four months since its launch.
From 18 December to 18 April, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) received 287 alerts from members of the public through its rough sleeper app, according to figures released by the executive.
The outreach service, delivered by Dublin Simon Community, met and engaged with 134 people upon responding to these alerts.
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Figures show 139 sleeping rough on Dublin streets
Updated / Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020
15:01
The latest count of rough sleepers has found 139 people on the streets in Dublin.
However, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) says this count was carried out over the course of a week and is not comparable with last year s winter count, which found 92 people sleeping rough.
In a statement, the DRHE said that because of Covid-19 it was not possible to carry out a single night s count with 150 volunteers across Co Dublin and a seven-day assessment was carried out instead.
The DRHE said 20% of the rough sleepers involved had an emergency bed allocated to them on at least one of the nights that they were sleeping out.