Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services

10:00 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

The issue with that goes back to 2010. The particular site was included in the projects approved in principle under the voluntary housing programme and, subsequently, it was decided not to proceed with the project. In the meantime, the voluntary body concerned had purchased the land in good faith and, therefore, it was decided to recoup the cost of the land to the voluntary body concerned. I have asked our internal audit unit to look at how we handled that particular case and to come back with any recommendations on changes in our procedures that may be required because of the issues that were raised in respect of that. I expect I will get that report within the next three to four weeks.

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