Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts

12:30 pm

Ms Geraldine Tallon:

We are not building or buying to the same extent as in the past. However, that is not to say we do not build. There is a construction programme, particularly via the approved housing bodies for special needs where appropriate accommodation might not be able to be sourced in the private market. At the same time it is a big concern for us that we have optimal use of the existing housing stock.