Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
We have not, on the basis that taxation policy is dealt with by the Minister for Finance. That is not territory that we would get into. The territory we would get into is looking at the available funding we have and to see how we can stretch that to tap into vacant property. That is why we have the repair and leasing scheme, the buy and renew initiative and the Housing Agency acquisitions. That is how we use our funding. Taxation is on the other side. It is an issue for the Minister for Finance.
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