Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary)
2:00 am
James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
The humanitarian scheme comes under the Minister, Deputy Calleary, and is specifically for homes. Businesses come under the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment but we are looking at all the cross-government schemes brought in as emergency measures. We are looking at a deeper level to see if they need to be expanded or changed, and how they can be opened more quickly. The one under the Department of Social Protection opens quite quickly. The one under the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment takes more time because a memo has to go to Cabinet, which seems a bit cumbersome.
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