Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
12:30 pm
Mr. John McCarthy:
I can certainly check, but I suspect almost all applications were approved, other than those caught up in legal proceedings. There are two stages in the process - the initial ruling by the tribunal on whether a party is entitled to costs and then the party submitting its bill which is reviewed by the State Claims Agency. That is where cost reductions are achieved.