Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Sharon Cosgrove:

We have a number of sheltered housing schemes in operation which work well. They have a support person part-time on-site. We have delivered a number of schemes over the last while. One was in Dublin city, on Poplar Row where we had a transfer of an infill site from Dublin City Council. We have one in Monaghan and one in Tullamore on-site at the moment. It is definitely a good chunk of our delivery. When we are buying sites, we buy them with planning. Sometimes the use is predetermined. They might be family homes. Some of the forward-purchase contracts might be for sites with planning that are not designed for older people. That may restrict the amount of that provision in our pipeline. It is something we are keen on.