Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Mr. David Moloney:
To answer strictly on the value for money element, the tenant in situ scheme has two challenges from a value for money perspective. There is a significant estate management cost to social housing and a consequence of the tenant in situ scheme is that it leads to having a diverse range of units in very different places. The estate management piece of that needs to be taken into account in terms of its costs. The other aspect is the equity around access to social housing. The tenant in situ scheme is trigged by a landlord's decision to sell rather than an objective assessment of the need of the tenant. When we look at the tenant in situ scheme from a value for money perspective-----
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