LIMERICK City and County Council (LCCC) counted 21 rough sleepers during its annual Homeless Action Team report in December.
Sinn Féin councillor Sharon Benson asked the local authority for figures for the past six months.
Mary Hayes of LCCC’s Housing Support Services said that the outreach team from Ana Liffey have worked extremely hard building relationships with many of the people who are rough sleeping and have encouraged them to contact the Homeless Action Team in an effort to get them to avail of services.
“Many of the people rough sleeping have serious challenges around addiction and mental health and the outreach team find it takes time to build the level of trust before they will engage,” she explained.
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