Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government
9:00 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
Sorry, that is fine. I misheard the Deputy. Regarding local authority builds, we continually try to work collaboratively with our colleagues in local authorities and AHBs to ensure that those who have had difficulties meeting their targets can be brought up to a 100% delivery level. Some of that involves learning from those authorities that have exceeded their targets. In some cases, it involves putting specific arrangements in place. In Dublin, for example, we have had a social housing delivery task force. We have had a similar task force in Cork and are putting another in place in Galway. What we try to do is adopt a supportive and engaging role with local authorities, understand what specific problems there may be in particular areas and work collaboratively on dealing with them.
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