The number of people living in homeless accommodation across Ireland has increased over the last month.

September's homelessness figures show 10,397 men, women and children were living in hotels, hubs and B&Bs - an increase of 59 on the previous month with 34 more adults and 25 more children living in emergency accommodation.

Sinn Féin's Deputy Ó Broin has hit out at the figures, pointing out the number of people officially living in emergency accommodation is over 10,000 for the eight month running.

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"Minister Murphy's failure to deal with this crisis is normalising homelessness," Deputy Ó Broin said.

"His time would be better spent addressing his own policy failures rather than going on the News at One to lash out at opposition politicians.

"Cheap political point scoring by the Minister responsible for Housing is not helpful.

"We are talking about more than figures here. It is 10,397 men, women and children and their daily lives.

"Separately, figures received by my office today show an increase in the number of families accessing one night only emergency accommodation in Dublin, which rose from 54 in July this year to 63 at the end of October."

(CM)