Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2009
355 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of local authority housing each county council dedicated to people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21020/09]
View answerIt is a matter for individual housing authorities to plan the composition of their housing programmes having regard to the specific social housing priorities in their areas and to the Exchequer funding allocated to them, based on the housing needs identified in their 2008 statutory assessment. The allocation of a dwelling to a household is also a matter for each individual local authority in accordance with its scheme of letting priorities, the making of which is a reserved function of the authority under section 11 of the Housing Act 1988. Data on the proportion of housing allocated by local authorities to people with disabilities are not gathered by my Department.
