Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Universal Design In Building: Discussion
Ms Ruth O'Reilly:
Technically, there are different dimensions etc. between our guidelines and the UK-approved document M. Consultations have taken place in the UK to replace the "visible standard" as the minimum and that the UK's base level lifetime adaptable homes would be the new minimum standard for all new homes. We advocate that all new homes are built to the universal design home base level standard.