Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission

Mr. Michael McCarthy:

The short answer is "No". We approved a communications strategy just before Christmas at our board meeting in December. Part of that shines a light on our stakeholder involvement. We have been determined, despite Covid, and we met three senior Ministers on online platforms during Covid. There were a couple of reasons for that. Number one was to increase awareness of NOAC and highlight that point about the provision in the Act whereby a Minister - not the Minister but a Minister - can refer a matter to us. That is a learning experience for many Ministers. I expect that to be the case in future but it has not happened to date and certainly did not happen in the past two or three years.

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