Seanad debates

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

Rebuilding Ireland: Statements

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. I believe a report is due the middle of this year and I will get that for the Senator. If he reads the report he will see that it refers to a number of houses and developments. We purposely did not set out anyone's specific conditions throughout this action plan for housing. It just deals with the overall numbers, but we are clear in our engagement with local authorities that it should be accommodation across the board for people of all abilities, those with disabilities and all age groups. Accommodation for people of older years is also required. Each local authority completed its new assessments last autumn. They all have their new waiting lists and out of those they will bring forward their plans to us on what they need and that includes accommodation for people with disabilities. We are committed to that and to providing high-quality accommodation. We are running a competition on accommodation using technology for older people but also for people with disabilities. I refer to houses that are more easily adaptable and using updated technologies to make that happen. We are committed to having lifelong houses-----

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