"Budget 2026 must include a clear, cross-departmental plan to tackle homelessness as a housing, health, and social emergency. This cannot be solved in one year-what we expect is the start of sustained investment over the coming years. We cannot expect different results if we continue acting the same way, with housing, health, and social departments working in silos."
""Full resourcing" must also be given for all 100 beds at Dublin Simon Community's Health and Addiction Care Facility at Usher's Island she added, where currently only 63 are operational."
"This has been a crisis for some time and it needs to be treated as the emergency it is. Budget 2026 and the housing plan due in October must work together to deliver long-ter"
Homelessness has risen above 16,000 people nationwide, with Dublin accounting for 11,782 — a 12% increase from last year, including 1,693 families and 3,813 children. Dublin Simon Community described the numbers as record-shattering and called for urgent government action to reverse the trend. The charity urged decisive measures in Budget 2026, calling for a cross-departmental plan treating homelessness as a housing, health, and social emergency and the start of sustained investment. The charity demanded increased investment in social and affordable housing, adequate funding for homeless and health services, and full resourcing of all 100 beds at its Usher's Island facility.
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