Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage

11:55 am

Mr. Graham Doyle:

Yes, in fact I think there is a meeting this evening on this topic. The CAS has funding available, as is in the note. I spoke to the principal officer in charge of the scheme about three weeks ago. His frustration was that he did not have enough schemes coming through. He was very anxious to be spending the money. We will wholeheartedly engage in that process with a view to whatever Tusla and the Department of Justice and the providers on the ground want to deliver. There are a number of areas, as the Deputy said, that they have identified as priorities for funding. It is sometimes difficult for very small AHBs to get into this area. There are some specialised AHBs. We will try to provide additional expertise around that through ourselves and the Housing Agency.

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