Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised)

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I suppose I can say that there is no delay for any of the projects from a funding point of view. It is true that not unlike LIHAF, approval is given in the first year but the money is not drawn down until the second year, or at least a significant amount of it might not be drawn down until the work commences. As some of the projects in stream A are quite substantial, more needs to be done on the preparation side than might have been envisaged. Some of the projects in stream B were potential stream A projects until we realised that with a little more work, they could be great. They will not necessarily draw down funding. There are no delays to any projects.