Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 April 2026
333. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people with a disability who have been housed in each local authority in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of disabled applicants currently on each local authority housing list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31668/26]
View answerMy Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 and Implementation Plan with the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. The Implementation Plan sets out the actions across the themes of the Strategy, to achieve the vision of the joint Strategy for delivering housing and related supports for disabled people to 2027.
Data on allocations of social housing support to disabled people as a category of need in 2020 and 2021 is provided in the National housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan, which can be found on my Department's website at:
www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/publications/national-housing-strategy-for-disabled-people-2022-2027-implementation-plan/.
Social housing allocations for disabled people as a category of need have increased steadily over the last three years from 2022 to 2024 as set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Social Housing Allocations to Disabled People |
|
2022 |
1,917 |
|
2023 |
2,297 |
|
2024 |
2,924 |
Data in relation to allocations of social housing support to disabled people as a category of need in 2025 is currently being collated and will be published in due course. Social housing allocations to disabled people as a category of need to date in 2026 are not currently available.
Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). Details of households qualified for social housing support with a main need for social housing support being a disability are included in the report and broken down per local authority. The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2024, is available on my Department's website, along with all summaries since 2011 at www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-assessments/. The SSHA 2025 is expected to be published shortly.
