Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State and their officials. I thank them for the briefing material provided, which has been circulated. This meeting is to consider the Revised Estimates for Vote 16 - Valuation Office, Vote 23, Property Registration Authority and Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which were referred by the Dáil to the committee. While the committee has no role in approving the Estimates, there is an opportunity to make the process more transparent and to engage meaningfully on the relevant performance issues. I propose to proceed by asking the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, to give a high-level overview of the Department's performance and related expenditure regarding each programme area in 2022. We will then go to members for questions. I call the Minister.