Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Mr. David Delaney:

To give a little bit of background on the comprehensive accommodation strategy which effectively is the long-term strategy that answer the Cathaoirleach's question, it looks to build on the White Paper on ending direct provision and focus on very much the numbers the Cathaoirleach quoted - the €76 per head for private providers versus the €30 on State-run centres. We want to bring on stream the 14,000 beds the Secretary General mentioned as State-centre beds over the next four or five years. There is a focus on driving down that current expenditure.