Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin
10:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Local authorities collect moneys. They get grants from the Government. They are not poor bodies. They have debts, but some have millions of euro stashed away. They can increase the rents they charge old age pensioners by €3 at the drop of a hat. That is no problem to them, but they will not pay the money that they owe the Department of Justice and Equality. It should pursue them-----
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