Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Planning for Inclusive Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Dessie EllisDessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not know what way medical examinations take place when assessing housing. Dublin City Council takes a three-doctor approach. I will provide an example of something that I find frustrating. If a person who is down for a two-bedroom house is looking to get priority and that priority is a two-bedroom house, it is virtually dismissed because it is like for like and the medical element is not taken into account. The extra spaces and so on could be of benefit to a child with autism, ADHD, etc. I do not know how the other local authorities operate. Do they work in a similar way? Do they each have three doctors assessing cases?

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