Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
721. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022–2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/23]
View answer722. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16679/23]
View answer726. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/23]
View answer742. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16787/23]
View answer765. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/23]
View answer766. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16907/23]
View answer783. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/23]
View answer817. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17527/23]
View answer820. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022 – 2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/23]
View answer830. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/23]
View answer843. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the implementation plan for the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022–2027 will be published; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17861/23]
View answerI propose to takes Questions Nos. 721, 722, 726, 742, 765, 766, 783, 817, 820, 830 and 843 together.
My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022. It may be accessed on the on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1c6c5-new-national-housing-strategy-for-disabled-people-2022-2027-launched/
The 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.
My Department has been developing the draft Implementation Plan further to ensure its up to date robustness in advance of providing it to me, having very recently assumed responsibility in this area including overseeing implementation. The finalisation of the Plan is a key priority and an urgent matter for me as Minister, and following which my Department will engage further with the DoH and DCEDIY, with the objective of publishing it in conjunction with the launch of an awareness campaign shortly. In parallel, The Housing Agency is developing a communication strategy on the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People and its accompanying Implementation Plan and is progressing much of the work contemplated in the Implementation Plan in advance of its finalisation.
