Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raised applications with Mr. Doyle the last time he was here. Negotiations are ongoing. In particular, I raised the issue of Louth local authority's scandalous waiting list for people who are seriously ill and who are waiting for wet rooms, stair lifts and so forth and that those waiting lists were carried year to year so people who were seriously ill had to wait years to get the basic home supports they needed for medical reasons. That was in May. The Minister said the Department was looking into a new approach to that. Louth local authority, to the best of my knowledge, still has not received any additional funding. Will Mr. Doyle give an update on that?

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