Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing Provision for Older People: Discussion
Ms Caroline Timmons:
I might address the Deputy's point on downsizing first because that is an interesting one. The Town Centre First policy is quite focused on rural areas and I have a rural perspective on this myself; I am not a city person. The Town Centre First policy is mentioned in Housing for All and one of the important parts of that is making sites available in the smaller towns and areas where people might want to move. That will facilitate one of the scenarios the Deputy raised where some people will want to sell their rural houses and move to the outskirts of a town where they will have a little more access to infrastructure like primary care services, GP services or-----
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