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:

I thank the Deputy who has made some very good points. I hope this does not sound like I am avoiding the question but a really important part of the NOAC calendar is the good practice seminar. We use that to encourage wider best practice. On the other issues, we collect data, validate it, publish our own reports and send them to key stakeholders including Government Ministers. We also publish the reports on our website. The aim is to fill in those cracks where they exist, to provide information to enable the making of objective calls on what some local authorities are doing well and what others are not doing well and sharing that. Beyond that, it is an issue of policy that would be entirely up to the Oireachtas or the Government and the relevant Minister.

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