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. Feargal ? Coigligh:

I believe there is a good system in place to provide assurances that material from quarries and concrete products are being put on the market safely. We had an audit that the Minister requested in regard to issues that arose in County Donegal again recently. That made some recommendations about the need for further resources to help local authorities to carry out their functions. The audit showed the extent of work that went in, the extent of compliance which showed where there were gaps in the paperwork, and on the back of that the Government has decided to build on the good work that has been done and the good controls that are now in place to bolster that by putting in place a national regulator.

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