COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 11, 2026
QUESTION NO. 24
QUESTION: Councillor N. Whelan
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on how many age-friendly units are currently vacant, including their locations and how long each has been vacant.
REPLY:
Our housing maintenance and refurbishment team undertake re-let works on vacant housing to ensure stock is brought back into productive use for letting as soon as possible. There are currently 10 vacant age friendly homes within our housing stock which are at various stages of the re-letting process. Our average turnaround time from property surrender to allocation across our housing stock is 23.71 weeks for 2026.
The table below provides a breakdown of the age friendly homes by local electoral area:
| Local Electoral Area | 1 bed | 2 bed | Total |
| Clondalkin | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lucan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rathfarnham/Templeogue | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tallaght Central | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tallaght South | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 10 |
150 newly constructed age-friendly homes are schedule to be delivered during the course of this year through both direct build programmes and Approved Housing Body (AHB) developments. These age-friendly homes are specifically designed to support older persons to live independently for longer within their own communities, while also ensuring their accommodation remains suitable to their needs both now and into the future.
It is intended that 50% of homes within new age-friendly housing developments will be allocated to support rightsizing, with priority given to existing council tenants seeking to transfer from the local area.
This May, we will be inviting residents aged 55+ to attend information sessions on Right Sizing, outlining what may be available and how to express an interest in a development.
Session dates and venues
- Wednesday 27th – Lucan Library – 11:00am
- Wednesday 27th – County Library, Tallaght – 6:30pm
Housing staff will be available on the day to answer questions from anyone aged 55+ who is interested in right sizing to a new home and to find out what supports may be available.