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

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That organisation was established in light of a cost of €6 billion, and potentially more, that resulted from a failure to have oversight and building controls in place and poor regulation. The organisation was put in place to ensure all those issues are addressed. The head of the organisation penned an email and called the situation a national emergency and said that regulatory staff are forced to work outside normal hours, cancel annual leave and rely on interns to plug gaps, despite appeals for extra resources. This email has not been flagged with Mr. Doyle, the Secretary General.

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