Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 June 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 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I reiterate that in this environment I think it is criminal to see an underspend, but I will move on because, as I said, the time is very short.
Regarding the first home schemes, Mr. Doyle mentioned the areas where the pressure is acute, including Dublin, Cork, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow. I suspect there are very few of these properties in Dublin city and that they are in the Fingal, south Dublin and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council areas. I say this because there is a tiny number of planning permissions for new homes. In Dublin, 93% of planning permission applications were for build-to-rent units. Does Mr. Doyle have a breakdown in this regard?
No comments