Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the overall percentage of social housing delivered under universal design principles to date in 2022. [62644/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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A key action under Housing for All was the preparation of Housing Delivery Action Plans by local authorities. These Plans set out details of social and affordable housing delivery over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. The Plans also include details of the proposed delivery of housing to meet the needs of older people and people with disabilities, including the number of homes to be delivered each year. The Housing Delivery Action Plans are available on the websites of the relevant local authorities.

The Design Manual for Quality Housing, which I launched early this year is available at www.gov.ie/en/publication/b3e02-design-manual-for-quality-housing/.The Manual includes internal layouts which meet the requirements of universal design homes as set out in the Universal Design Guidelines for Homes in Ireland. The policy document, the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022–2027 sets a requirement for local authorities in the delivery of social housing, to ensure that 50% of the new pipeline delivery being reserved for disabled people in each local authority being wheelchair liveable.

My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities. This data is available until the end of Quarter 2 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provision/. My Department does not hold data on the number of social homes delivered under universal design principles. This information may be available from local authorities directly.

Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of private estates that must be delivered under universal design principles. [62645/22]