Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that no housing options for an aging population policy statement implementation reports have been published in 2020 and 2021; and when the next implementation report will be published. [24578/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department, in conjunction with the Department of Health, published the "Housing Options for Our Ageing Population" policy statement in 2019 which provides policy options in support of a range of housing and accommodation alternatives for older people. The policy statement, together with two Implementation Group reports, are available on the Government's website at:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/83781d-housing-options-for-our-ageing-population-policy-statement/

The Joint Policy Statement was developed in consultation with key stakeholders, including the range of voluntary groups and NGO’S that provide services and supports to older people and includes 40 Actions which require significant inter-departmental and agency working and collaboration to implement.

It is intended that the third and final report of the Implementation Group addressing each of the 40 actions will be published shortly.