Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 May 2023
129. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of age-friendly homes delivered in each local authority, whether by the local authority, an AHB or another entity, for each year from 2016 to 2022; and the number targeted for delivery for 2023, in tabular form. [23482/23]
View answerThe initiation, design, planning, development and management of housing projects is a matter for local authorities in exercise of their statutory functions. As such, it is a matter for the local authorities to decide on the number and type of dwellings it will provide for any specific group within their overall planning for housing delivery.
In addition, an Approved Housing Body (AHB) seeking funding from my Department to provide housing must, in the first instance, apply to the local authority in their area. Funding provided to AHBs to support social housing is made available, as appropriate, by my Department through local authorities who, as the statutory housing authorities, are the decision makers in relation to the suitability of a proposed social housing project.
Social housing is delivered across a range of funding models for housing through my Department including SHCIP, CAS, and CALF and age specific housing is provided within these schemes.
However, disaggregated data is not available on the numbers provided to any specific group. The information sought is not available in my Department and may be available from the respective local authorities.
Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy commits to increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence.
