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
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
It is being looked into. Correspondence has been sent to the Minister and it has been looked into. I will follow it up. The issue is broader than a Wicklow perspective. It is right across the board.
There is no uniformity in terms of approach in respect of training, procurement or any of these issues in any of the fire authorities. That is the real problem. I have long advocated for the establishment of a national fire authority that would have overall responsibility and control of training, procurement, etc. That is a matter for a different committee, but I would appreciate any information or notes Mr. Doyle could furnish on it.
Earlier, I touched on underspending in several areas, including energy efficiency and retrofitting. Mr. Doyle referred to the rationale as to why there is underspending in terms of upscaling and the ability of local authorities to be able to deliver in this regard. There was an underspend of €10.1 million. Am I correct in stating that this was the amount for the retrofit programme for 2023?
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