Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)

11:30 am

Mr. David Walsh:

The Department has engaged extensively with local authorities prior to when we put out our call for proposals, in our assessment and engagement post the approval of principle. We have an oversight committee that includes external bodies as well as people in the Department. All the grant agreements will come back in to the Minister and the Department for review. If we feel the terms are not being met in line with the circular the Department can engage primarily with the local authorities to ensure that we get the dividend in line with the principles set down in the original call for proposals.