A person has passed away at an emergency accommodation facility in Dublin last night.
Councillor Anthony Flynn confirmed the news on his social media account as he offered his condolences to this person's family and friends.
Flynn said: "Unfortunately, a person has passed away tonight in a private emergency accommodation facility in the city. Continued heartbreaking news, my thoughts and prayers are with the family. PEA (Private Emergency Accommodation) do not provide the level of wrap-around support as NGO’s."
Don't Forget Me Ireland - a campaign that was set up to highlight the level of deaths within homeless services in the country - has called on the Minister for Housing to release the national figure of deaths in homeless services.
In a subsequent post that was also shared by Cllr Flynn, the group said: "This has brought to 57 confirmed deaths in Dublin. When will the Minister release the national figure of deaths in homeless services?"
The latest figures from the Department of Housing show for the week of October 19- 25, a total of 8,737 people were in emergency accommodation nationally, including 2,642 children, compared with 8,656, including 2,583 children, in September.
The number of homeless, single adults in Dublin has surpassed 3,000 for the first time since records began in their current format in late 2015.
These figures do not include people sleeping rough.
