Over 200 additional permanent emergency beds are to be made available for homeless people in Ireland, the Housing Minister has confirmed.

Minister Eoghan Murphy also announced that medical and other support will also be made available.

Minister Murphy said: "At the Housing Summit, which was held earlier this year, I emphasised to all local authorities and to our partners in the voluntary sector, the need to have enough permanent emergency beds and appropriate facilities in the system for every individual who wants to access those beds each night. Against this background, I instructed them to ensure that enough permanent emergency beds be delivered in 2017, for the present number of rough sleepers and also requested that they allow for any emerging needs or unforeseen additional requirements that may arise."

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The rough sleeper count, which the Dublin Region Homeless Executive published last month, reported a total of 184 rough sleepers across the Dublin region on the night of the 07 November 2017.

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