Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People will be published. [3236/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I launched a new joint National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 on 14 January 2022, together with my colleagues Peter Burke, TD Minister of State for Planning and Local Government and Anne Rabbitte, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Disability (available at www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1c6c5-new-national-housing-strategy-for-disabled-people-2022-2027-launched).

The new Strategy sets out the vision for the cooperation and collaboration of Government Departments, state agencies and others in delivering housing and the related supports for disabled people over the next five years. The Strategy operates within the framework of Housing for All – A New Housing Plan for Ireland which is committed to ensuring that affordable, quality housing with an appropriate mix of housing design types provided within social housing, including universally designed units, is available to everyone in Irish society, including those with disabilities and older people.

Work has been advanced on the Implementation Plan for the Strategy which has been submitted for consideration. I expect to make a decision on finalisation of the Implementation Plan shortly, following which my Department will engage further with the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, for publication as soon as possible thereafter.