Brian Brennan (Wicklow-Wexford, Fine Gael)
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374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance or supports currently available to assist a person to downsize their home; the steps he will take to assist those willing to make their larger homes available for more suitable family sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49774/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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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 available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence. This includes a commitment to review and standardise the Older Persons Housing Financial Contribution Scheme.

Work on these commitments is ongoing within a Policy Group recently established to explore proposals on how best to progress these commitments. Crucially, consideration of these proposals will feed into the development of the new Housing Plan that is currently being progressed in my Department.