Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes

9:00 am

Mr. Dominic Mullaney:

There are two types, namely, specific and strategic. Specific is up to €5 million and strategic is €5 million or more. We are reviewing the documentation at present. As a result of all of the changes in the requirements and the public spending code, we are updating the documentation so that in the next few months if a local authority wishes to apply and prioritise, it will have access to a standard form of documentation which will set out exactly what the process involves. At present, because of the cutbacks, things are being dealt with on a case by case basis, and a certain number have got into the capital plan. We plan to put it on a more structured basis. The only caveat I would say is the amount of money we have available for that programme will be limited as we still have to bring up the steady state moneys.

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