Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities.
4:30 pm
Mr. Graham Doyle:
It would certainly be helpful for us to re-examine our approach to affordable housing schemes and cost-rental over the coming months. Dublin City Council drew on a lot of the Department's existing schemes to construct that arrangement. From what I could tell, one of the biggest issues was the mix of means of delivery. The council takes a particular view, as it is absolutely entitled to. The Deputy has asked if we are disappointed. The scheme involved about 850 units, and our drive is to house people. We will have to learn lessons from this.