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October figures show more than 5,200 children in emergency accommodation, with numbers rising in Kildare.
More than 16,700 people are in emergency accommodation.
October's figure of 16,766 is another record.
The number from the Housing department includes over 5,200 children.
In October there were 179 homeless people in Kildare and increase on figures from the previous month.
Labour Housing Spokesperson Conor Sheehan says the crisis is having a serious long-term impact:
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