A new record homeless figure.
The Department of Housing has released its November homeless figures.
They are usually published at the end of each month however these were delayed due to Christmas.
More than 13,500 people were living in emergency accommodation in November.
It includes more than 4,000 children for the first time in the history of the State.
Dublin has the largest proportion of those in emergency accommodation at 9,906 - which includes more than 3,100 children.
The figures from the Department of Housing do not include asylum seekers, women in refuge centres, rough sleepers or the so-called hidden homeless.
Wayne Stanley from the Simon Communities says there needs to be more progress on eradicating homelessness:
"All of those people are in homelessness, and that is a preventable trauma.
"Nobody is saying we can end homelessness tomorrow, but we could be making a lot more progress."
The Housing Minister says increasing housing supply is key to addressing homelessness.
In a statement, Darragh O'Brien said his Department is working "flat out" to deal with the "challenging and complex" situation.
