Ms Fiona Weldon:

I will answer on DPOs and my colleague Ms Kenny will address housing. The UNCRPD has recognised the role of DPOs and the importance of resourcing them to be developed all over the country but all over Europe as well. Under our strategic plan and our value of collective empowerment, ILMI is working to develop local DPOs or trying to engage local disabled people in forming local DPOs within their counties. We have already begun this development. We have Sligo, Leitrim, Meath, Dublin and Cork. Through our funding through one of our other community development programmes, we are aiming to establish a DPO in Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Carlow, Tipperary and Kerry. DPOs are for people and run by disabled people, which is important. They are also cross-impairment organisations. Therefore, if you identify as a disabled person coming from any of the intersectionalities of life, you are very welcome. The idea is that we will build power and skills to equip these people to demand locally the supports they need to live the life we want to live as equals.

Ms Kenny might speak on housing.