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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 08, 2018

QUESTION NO. 21

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the Medical Priority list, how often does the Independent HSE Person review and access the applications? What is the waiting time? How many applications are currently waiting for assessment? And how many are on the medical Priority list?

REPLY: 

The Medical Referee is the appropriate designated member of the independent Medical Panel appointed by the Council to adjudicate on medical information submitted by housing applicants that meet criteria as set out in the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011.  All medical files that meet the full criteria are sent to the Medical Referee.   Due to the large volume of applications seeking Medical Priority, there is always a number of files with the Medical Referee, and more waiting to be assessed and sent for adjudication.  At present, there are 112 files that are either with the medical referee or being assessed by Housing staff to ensure they meet the criteria before being sent to the referee.

Currently there are 427 housing applicants with approved medical priority. 

In addition there are 265 housing applicants residing in Congregated Settings (e.g. Cheeverstown, Stewarts Care, SJOG) that have a need for supported housing, under the National Guidelines for the Assessment and Allocation Process for Housing Provisions for People with a Disability.