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National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability - Implementation Monitoring Group (IMG)
From Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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The National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 - Implementation Monitoring Group is a "relevant body" as defined under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. It complies with the provisions under the associated Transparency Code and is therefore exempted from the requirement to register and report on lobbying activities.
| Name of Member | Organisation | Previously a Designated Public Official? (For non public service members) |
| Barry Quinlan, Chair | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | - |
| Laura Behan | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | - |
| Vacancy | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | - |
| Claire Collins | Department of Health | - |
| Michael Murchan | Department of Health | - |
| Brendan Tuohy | Department of Health | - |
| Suzanne Moloney | HSE | - |
| Paul Braham | HSE | - |
| Claire Feeney | Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency | - |
| Karen Murphy | Irish Council for Social Housing | No |
| David Silke | Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency | - |
| Edward Crean | National Disability Authority | - |
| Fiona Coyle | Mental Health Reform | No |
| Tony Cunningham | Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) | No |
| Fleachta Phelan | Disability Federation of Ireland | No |
| Julie Helen | Inclusion Ireland | No |
| Darach O'Connor | CCMA | No |
| Ciaran Murphy | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage | - |
| Veronica Healy | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Secretary to the Group | - |
To oversee an implementation and monitoring framework to support the effective implementation of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability, 2011 – 2016. This framework will include:
The National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 has been extended to the end of 2021 and the IMG will continue to report up to this point. A new strategy for people with a disability is currently being worked on, for which public consultation is currently taking place. The strategy is about facilitating the provision of housing options and related services to disabled people to allow individual choice and support independent living.
The Department, in collaboration with the IMG, publishes an annual progress report available on this page on its website