Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities.
4:30 pm
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
In July 2019, a new council was elected. It has a different approach to housing and seeks to build more public housing on public land. In November 2019, the council voted to approve the HLI deal and made a parallel agreement with Bartra Capital Property to purchase 30% of the stock for cost-rental accommodation. I know the new Government is committed to a cost-rental approach. At this early stage, is the Department supportive of the programme which the council seems to be progressing? The council has appointed two approved housing bodies, AHBs, to consider the details. Is the Department supportive of that?
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