Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Public Accounts Committee

2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023

2:00 am

Mr. David Kelly:

In regard to procurement and the nature of any public money, local authority expenditure or Exchequer expenditure, there is an onus to get value for money.

Some organisations will provide different services for different costs. However, during the work of the oversight group, it became very apparent that the Peter McVerry Trust was not being reimbursed for the actual costs, whether through underbidding or not realising the full costs of the service. That is probably one of the issues. We do not know the extent to which this was happening but following the review, we think it is prudent to make sure that we fully fund services.

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