Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Discussion
9:00 am
Grace O'Sullivan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Larkin. My next question is for Mr. Lemass. He referred to grants, subsidies and the six broad programme categories. The last category is discretionary and another is housing. We have discussed the housing crisis and the need for more funding for local authority housing, affordable housing and supply generally. I am curious about the word "discretionary". A word like that always puts fear in me because nothing is pinned down. Will Mr. Lemass give an example of what is meant by "discretionary"?
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