Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to introduce a housing community living scheme for senior citizens who have indicated a wish to relocate from rural areas in County Kerry into towns and villages around the county where they can access services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government – Securing Ireland’s Future includes a number of commitments to deliver “Practical Housing Options for Positive Ageing”. These commitments build upon the policy objectives in Housing for All, which commit to increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence.

Work on these commitments is ongoing within a Policy Group recently established to consider the approach to progressing these commitments, which will feed into the development of the new Housing Plan. This will include actions to support older people to 'rightsize' where they wish to do so.