1612. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to deliver commitments to independent community living where the availability of supported housing is significantly constrained by funding and provider capacity. [55434/26]

My 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 Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/60d76-national-housing-strategy-for-disabled-people-2022-2027/. The Implementation Plan sets out the actions to achieve the vision of the joint Strategy for delivering housing and related supports for disabled people to 2027 operating under the new housing plan Delivering Homes, Building Communities.

Delivering Homes, Building Communities aims to deliver 300,000 new homes by the end of 2030, including 72,000 social homes and 90,000 affordable housing supports by the end of 2030. To achieve this, the largest ever housing budget in the history of the State has been secured in 2026, with in excess of €9 billion in capital funding through the Exchequer, the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Housing Finance Agency (HFA). Government is fully committed to working with all stakeholders to deliver social, affordable and cost rental homes at scale and to continue accelerating housing supply across all tenures.

Housing for disabled people is funded under the capital schemes for local authority housing through the Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) and, in particular, the AHBs through the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) for the provision of independent living accommodation to meet the needs of people with specific categories of needs, including disabled people.

Between 2021 and 2025 a total of €92.2 million of CAS funding has been provided specifically for housing for disabled people and de-congregation by the Department and 459 units were delivered in those five years.

My Department, in conjunction with local authorities and AHBs, continues to work and engage with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, and the HSE within the framework of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People. This is to ensure aligned delivery of the disability care services supports for independent living for disabled people, including those from residential settings, with the provision of independent living accommodation to meet the needs of disabled people.