Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund
9:30 am
Mr. Graham Doyle:
That is often said and it is described in a number of places. RAS was to take people away from rent supplement, paid through the Department of Social Protection. Those who had been on rent supplement for a long period of time moved into RAS properties. HAP is a separate scheme, which is about the support of the rent that tenants pay under that scheme. We have seen a gradual decline in RAS expenditure and we are seeing a slow decline in HAP expenditure as well.
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