The nationwide total reached another record high last month at 15,580.
The Department of Housing figures show it's an 11% increase on a year ago.
The data shows there's 4,775 children growing up in B&Bs and Hotels around Ireland.
The total numbers accessing emergency accommodation increased between March and April by more than 160.
The homeless issue is most acute in Dublin where there are 11,211 people registered as homeless including 3,559 children.
The data released by the Department of Housing doesn't include asylum seekers, refugees, women in refuge centres, rough sleepers or the so-called hidden homeless.
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