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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor N. Whelan

"How many current expressions of interest have been submitted for private homes in Tallaght looking to avail of the right sizing scheme through SDCC?"

REPLY:

The council's rightsizing policy provides for the allocation of age friendly homes to people aged 55 or older through the housing list, transfers (existing tenants rightsizing) or the community list (financial contribution for private homeowners rightsizing). It is intended that 50% of homes in new age friendly housing developments will be used for rightsizing, with priority for tenants transferring from local areas, and one in five rightsizing opportunities will be available to private homeowners through the community list. For inclusion on the community list, the homeowner must agree that the council will either purchase their existing home at a discount or accept a financial contribution from the net proceeds of the sale of the property depending on the homeowner’s age.

60 expressions of interest were submitted by private households in the Tallaght area for SDCC's Rightsizing Scheme.