Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The chief executives have overall responsibility for the local authorities of which they are the chief executives of. I refer to drilling down into some of the aspects. Housing goes across a range of different departments within a local authority - for example, the oversight of approved housing bodies is one while the likes of the delivery of local authority housing and builds is another. Then there is the finance section that would deal with everything from local authority loans to HAP, rent and issues like that. There are elements to it and it may well be worth our while identifying the elements that they could be helpful to us on because the oversight is fragmented and it is not possible to close that circle without having that side of it reflected. It might be worth our while identifying specific pieces. It may well want to bring in the director of service of a particular local authority where there are many approved housing bodies. That can provide a more nuanced understanding of it where there is a day to day responsibility.