Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Will the witnesses revert with a full response on the value-for-money aspect, whether it is from the Department dealing with public expenditure or housing? This is a very large amount of money and, as I said, there is no asset at the end.

There is an affordable housing option in which local authorities are supposed to have a role. Have staff been specifically allocated to local authorities for that? My understanding is that has not happened and there is concern that the local authorities are being given work to do without being given the resources to do it?