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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 09, 2019

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

To ask the Chief Executive how many people are on the medical priority list and how many people from this list have been housed year to date.

REPLY:

As at the end of October 2019, there were 434 housing applications with medical priority, of which 71 require specially adapted/wheelchair live-able accommodation.  In addition, a further 277 applications require supported accommodation with 17 of those also requiring specially adapted/wheelchair live-able accommodation.

In the period January to October 2019 a total of 122 allocations were made to applicants with medical priority of which 35 were transfers.

The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 require that  grounds require that all housing applications based on medical/disability grounds require confirmation from an appropriate medical consultant of the nature of the medical condition or disability including whether the condition is degenerative along with an occupational therapist’s report in respect of any specific accommodation requirements (if any).  Medical letters must also demonstrate how alternative accommodation will improve/alleviate the applicant's medical condition.  All applications on medical grounds are forwarded to the Council’s Medical Referee for adjudication.