Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities

9:30 am

Ms Mary Hurley:

We have made the call on the building acquisition measure. Again, depending on what comes in, we will make another call.

Let me get back to the Deputy's point on rural regeneration, which is a really good one. We are seeing other projects come forward through the bigger rural regeneration fund to tackle vacancy and dereliction. We are seeing many projects in local communities that transform those communities, whether they bring back something in the market square or bring back into use a big building on the main street. The RRDF also supports the tackling-vacancy piece. On the other point relating to towns and villages, we do things outside the building acquisition measure. It is a big feature.

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