14,864 people were in emergency accommodation in December across Ireland, including 4,510 children.
It’s down from November’s total of 15,199 which was a new record.
The numbers released by the Department of Housing does not include rough sleepers and the hidden homeless.
Homeless figures in the North West region have seen a marginal decrease for the month of December.
There were 157 adults seeking emergency accommodation, one more that the month previous.
60 of those were based in Donegal, a fall of 3% from 62 in November.
19 families accessed homeless services in the North West, three less the month before.
There were 47 dependent children, down 6% from 50 in the last report.
