Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a summary. It is coming through in two areas, namely, the social housing investment programme, SHIP, which is funding that local authorities get directly and through the CAS. In 2022, according to the latest figures from CAS, 112 housing units were delivered under CAS for disabled people at a cost of €16 million. A consistent statistic of 15% overall of people who got social housing in 2022 were households with disabilities. Within CAS itself, which relates to approved housing bodies, 15% of the total units delivered were for people with disabilities. We do not have the data breakdown in respect of SHIP, through which the councils get direct funding. However as of quarter 1 of this year, in terms of the quarterly reports from the local authorities, they were providing that breakdown. Historically that breakdown was not there but we are now correcting that.

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