With additional reporting by Gary Kavanagh.
The latest government homeless report for the week of the 24th-30th of June 2025 shows that 46% of those accessing emergency accommodation are not Irish.
Out of the total of 9,899 people accessing services, 5,349 (54%) were Irish, 2,229 (23%) were EEA/UK, and 2,321 (23%) are non-EEA.
Earlier figures for June this year showed that 49% of those in emergency accommodation across the country are not Irish, Gript can reveal.
A breakdown of figures of emergency accommodation occupancy numbers shows that since April 2022, the number of people who are from outside the European Economic Area (EEA)/UK has increased by 300%.
In April 2022 there were 1,036 persons of non-EEA origin accessing emergency accommodation services here, while the number of individuals with the same origin profile stood at 2,965 in April 2022.
Earlier figures for June 2025 showed that the number of non-EEA nationals in emergency accommodation across Ireland is 3,098 as of June this year.
The same figures also showed that 5,581 Irish nationals and 2,278 UK/EEA nationals were in emergency accommodation, meaning that 49% of those currently accessing emergency accommodation were not Irish.
Asylum key factor in Dublin emergency accommodation numbers.
As Gary Kavanagh recently reported, the most common reason cited from single people entering emergency accommodation in Dublin is now having left state provided IPAS accommodation.
An analysis of the past year and a half of the Executive’s ‘Monthly Report on Homelessness in the Dublin Region’ report shows that only 48% of families, and 42% of individuals, who entered emergency accommodation in Dublin, for the first time in 2024, were Irish nationals.
Among individuals, 42% came from non-EU countries and a further 16% from EU or EEA states. For families, 30% came from non-EU countries and 22% from the EU/EEA.
The number one reason listed for individuals needing to access emergency accommodation was “Having left direct provision,” at 26%, with another 5% being individuals who had “newly arrived from abroad.”