Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)

9:30 am

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have been asked about this matter by a number of Deputies. My thinking to date is that it will be primarily led by the local authorities because in my experience they are best placed to know the projects that will meet the criteria we have laid down in the national planning framework. I have not fully decided that yet. The local authorities will be able to access it, but I want to consider that further. For example, if there are projects that do not require local authority funding and the local authority is not involved in, say, a project that may already have planning permission and that might meet the criteria of the national planning framework, could there be a role for other bodies, for example, educational bodies, universities and so on? I have not made a decision on that yet, but local authorities definitely will be able to access it.

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