Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have a disability accessing homeless services; his plans to publish a national housing strategy for persons with a disability in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4107/19]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The data on homelessness which is collected by local authorities does not include any information on the numbers of persons with a disability seeking support.

The National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011-2016 was published in late 2011 and the associated National Implementation Framework was published in July 2012. These are joint publications by my Department and the Department of Health, which set out the Government’s broad framework for the delivery of housing for people with disabilities through mainstream housing policy. They were developed as part of a coherent framework in conjunction with the Government’s mental health policy and Congregated Settings Report.

In order to continue to meet the housing needs of people with disabilities, the NHSPWD has been extended to 2020.