Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Committee on Housing and Homelessness
County and City Management Association
10:30 am
Mr. Eugene Cummins:
We came from a position where we stopped building some years ago. We were leasing properties and buying the properties that were built for us. All of the housing units across the country shrunk in terms of the number of people in them. Last year, all local authorities that sought additional staff members were allowed to have them and I believe that we have sufficient resources at present. However, as we gear up to meet the demand of the private sector, to plan with it, to co-ordinate and to help it and other stakeholders, we probably will need additional resources. That said, I am satisfied at this point that the issue of resources is not an inhibitor to the delivery of housing units and social housing units.
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