Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised)
2:20 pm
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The Minister asks local authorities to keep these schemes open, yet Kildare County Council certainly has not. The Department should have some means of insisting they are kept open.
The Minister hopes to pilot the HAP scheme this year. Where will it be piloted? Will it be piloted in more than one area? Will the caps on rent assistance be taken into account, as they could result in serious income shortfalls in some areas where rents are high?
The overall housing budget was reduced by 14.3%. Is this in the context of the overall budgetary requirement for a €3.5 billion reduction this year? How was the figure arrived at? Was it negotiated between the Department and the Department of Finance?
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