Written answers

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Disabilities Data

Photo of Holly CairnsHolly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total list in tabular form. [9369/20]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are set out in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). Since 2016, the Summary process has been carried out on an annual basis and generally takes place in June of each year. The purpose of the SSHA is to capture the total number of households qualified for social housing support across the country whose social housing need has not yet been met, in order to better understand the level of need for such support.

The SSHA includes breakdowns by each local authority across a range of categories, including disability. Disability is categorised under four main headings; physical, intellectual, sensory, mental health.

The SSHA is a snap shot at a point in time of the housing lists of 31 local authorities. The number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority for the years 2016 to 2019 is attached in tabular form.

A breakdown of the four main categories of disability in the most recently published summary, which sets out the position at 24 June 2019, is available in Table A 1.5 of the summary publication, which is available on my Department's website at the following link: .

The position at 11 June 2018 is available in Table A 1.5 of the summary publication, which is available at the following link:

The position at 28 June 2017 is available in Table A 1.5 of the summary publication, which is available at the following link:

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The position at 21 September 2016 is available in Table A 1.5 of the summary publication, which is available at the following link:

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In accordance with the vision and strategic aims of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD), to achieve a coordinated and integrated approach to meeting the housing needs of people with a disability at local level, Housing and Disability Steering Groups (HDSGs) have been established in all local authority areas.  These are chaired by the Directors of Housing with membership including the HSE and disability representatives.  

Each HDSG has prepared a local Strategic Plan for its own City/County area, to develop specific local strategies to meet the identified and emerging housing needs of people with disabilities in their areas.  All Plans are now operational in each local authority. These Plans, along with the Summary of Social Housing Assessments, allow local authorities to plan more strategically for the housing needs of people with a disability and will support the delivery of accommodation using all appropriate housing mechanisms.

Further information is available at the following link:

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