Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing Provision for Older People: Discussion

Mr. Gavin Reid:

I referred to the private list in Dalkey because that scheme is out of mortgage. We still work at the local authority even though we have no real obligation to do so now. That is predominantly private. I referred to the number of people on the list. We do not focus very well on this type of housing. Once it is built and people know it exists, the lists grow. We often feel that local authorities go back to the housing lists. Local authorities will not have elderly people on housing lists. As Mr. Moynihan mentioned, there will be people for whom bigger houses are unsuitable and do not work, but they do not really see the downsizing option. Does that answer the Deputy's question?