Ireland's largest purpose-built elderly housing complex officially opened in south Dublin on Monday.
The 103-unit social housing scheme for elderly people is located at St Agnes', off Captains Place beside Crumlin Village.
The homes span across six apartment blocks and are designed "with older persons in mind".
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The development, built by Fold Housing, has 111 tenants who were all previously on Dublin City Council’s housing list.
The scheme is Ireland's largest ever purpose-built social housing for elderly people and Dublin City Council obtained over €20 million in funding from the Department of Housing and Housing Finance Agency (HFA).
Speaking at the official opening, Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said he wants to see the development replicated nationally.
He said: “As set out in our Housing for All plan, the Government are working to ensure we have an age friendly Ireland in which older people can live long and healthy lives, participate in their communities and have a range of housing options and health supports to make this possible.
"St Agnes, Captains Place is a model for housing developments for older people and I want to see this replicated nationally. I congratulate Fold Housing for the quality of architecture in Captains Place and for the longer term supports which they are providing to residents”.
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