Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I ask the Minister of State to do that. I have emails that indicate engagement with the Department right up to the very end only for that engagement to stop suddenly. There is then a flurry of activity, with the companies trying to get back to the Department to ask whether it is taking the four units or whatever the number might be, and in a final email, they are told, "No". When I think of the 776 people on the streets of Dublin or wherever without a roof over their heads, I think of all of those properties that are not being used. At least some of the people on the streets could have a roof over their heads. The properties are proper and up to standard, their fire safety has been checked, etc. This situation is wrong. Will the Minister of State revert to me after he has investigated it? I have failed to get an answer.
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