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:

For acquisitions, yes. That was mainly to target certain types of housing, either for large families or for specialised housing in some cases. That was to put a significant amount of focus on the build programme. With the challenges last year, particularly in respect of homelessness, and the decision to put a pause on evictions, it was decided to encourage local authorities to purchase properties where there was a risk of a person becoming homeless as a landlord was exiting the market. Sorry, the answer is that number will be significantly higher than 200, ranging from 500 to 700, because a lot of that activity was in December and there is a great deal of conveyancing going on.

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