Over 150 people were recorded as homeless in Kildare
The number of homeless people accessing emergency accommodation has hit a record high for the fifth month in a row.
In June, 12,847 people were recorded as being homeless.
In Kildare, 156 people accessed emergency accomodation, while in Meath, 222 people were recorded as homeless
The national figures are made up of 9,018 adults and 3,829 children and represent a rise of 247 on the month of May.
It's the highest number of children registered as homeless for more than three years.
Dublin has the most acute homeless problem in the country - there are 9,484 people living in emergency accommodation including 2,908 children.
There's a total of 1,839 families registered as homeless with 57 percent of those single-parent families.
The Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien says getting people into permanent housing is a goal of the Government while admitting he doesn't know when the figures will start to come down.
The figures from the Department of Housing don't include asylum seekers, refugees, rough sleepers, women in refuge centres or the so-called hidden homeless.
Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien says getting people into permanent housing is a goal of the Government:
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