Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2025
663. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual targets to 2030 for the delivery of housing designed for older people, including age-friendly, supported, and right-sizing units; and the expected delivery for Cork city and Cork county. [63940/25]
View answer669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures in place to support older people who wish to right-size; the number of households who availed of these supports in 2023 and 2024; and whether additional incentives are planned under the new strategy. [63946/25]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 663 and 669 together.
Government is committed to increasing housing available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence and to supporting rightsizing on a voluntary basis. The Government’s new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030, includes measures which will increase delivery of housing for older people through increased delivery of social housing, increased delivery of more suitable homes in private housing and increased choice to support voluntary rightsizing.
To put Delivering Homes, Building Communities into action at a local level each local authority will prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan, reflecting local need identified within the Housing Needs and Demand Assessment Framework. Within this broad framework, evidence-informed local authority Housing Delivery Action Plans provide a detailed picture of the quantum, type, size and location of social homes to be delivered by local authorities and AHBs. Learning from the first round of these plans will help inform and strengthen the next iteration of plans and set clear targets against which local authority and AHB delivery will be benchmarked to 2030. This will include minimum targets for quantity, type and size of social homes; for example, identifying the number of studio, one-bed and larger homes, and housing for priority groups such as older persons and persons with a disability.
Existing local authority Housing Delivery Action Plans include details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026 including details of proposed delivery of housing for older people. Housing Delivery Action Plans are published on the websites of the respective local authorities.
The oversight and practical management of housing waiting lists, including the application for, and allocation of, tenancies, is solely a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Information on the number of households supported may be available from the local authority.
