Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
524. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48941/14]
View answer525. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011–2016 was established; the number of meetings of the group that have taken place since then; the number of annual progress reports completed since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48942/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 524 and 525 together.
The Government’s National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 sets out the broad framework for the delivery of housing supports for people with disabilities. It is committed to transparency and incorporates a reporting regime within its Implementation Framework. This regime is overseen by an Implementation Monitoring Group.
There have been seven meetings of the Implementation Monitoring Group since its first meeting on 28 May 2012. The Group is charged with submitting annual progress reports on the implementation of the Strategy to the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy. The first annual report is available on my Department’s website and can be found at the following link:http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,37210,en.doc.
The second annual progress report will be submitted early next year.
