More than 1,000 children in Dublin are now homeless.

Figures from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive show 1,034 children in emergency accommodation in the week of May 18th to 24th, in 490 families.

The Irish Times reports that families with children have begun presenting to rough sleeper services in the capital since March.

Organisations which help the homeless have been finding them emergency accommodation to prevent them sleeping in cars or elsewhere.

Earlier this month it was revealed that Dublin City Council intends to construct up to 400 prefabricated houses on vacant sites in the city to combat the growing issue of family homelessness.

A similar plan to erect 200 such houses was abandoned six months ago after the decision was made to dedicate more resources to the issue of people sleeping rough in the wake of the death of Jonathan Corrie outside of Leinster House in December.

At a meeting on June 3rd, the Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum agreed to "develop and propose a modular housing typology that can develop and rapidly construct quality housing units to required standards."