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

12:40 pm

Ms Finola Moylette:

Yes. The take-up accelerated and the projects are now coming through to completion. We see a lot more of the pick-up in spending where the projects are now coming to completion and drawing down funding. We expect a significant pick-up this year. We could see at the end of last year as well there was a significant pick-up in the rate of spending.