Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. David Kelly:
One of the things that happened last year was that the C and AG undertook a review of the €15 million and a number of recommendations were made. Any recommendations made by the C and AG are taken very seriously by the Department, so we have worked to strengthen our funding arrangements. We have done a number of things on the funding protocols that are in place and the strength of them. We have implemented those changes. We have undertaken a review of our funding arrangements. It is colloquially known as section 10 funding. It is funding provided under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, which is made available to local authorities. We are looking at strengthening the procedures that are in place between the Department and the local authorities and, second, between the local authorities and their funders. It is very substantial work.
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