Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate)
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
He has not gone through it in the way I am asking. There is an underspend of €220 million in the delivery of new build social housing by local authorities. I want to know exactly where that €220 million is going, first of all. Second, where it is going, will it increase the output in those areas of just cover increased costs? The Minister has represented the capital assistance scheme, CAS, in the document as an extra €80 million. That is great. However, the Minister is saying that is to complete units this year and next year.
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