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:

What I think the Deputy is talking about is the preference for having a planned approach to maintenance. There has been a lot of work over the years, when a house becomes vacant or becomes a void, to bring the property up to a new pre-letting standard. What we are actively looking to do at the moment is transition from focusing on voids to the extent that was probably done in the past to a planned maintenance model. That particular change is being worked through at the moment. It is a valid point, which is why we are pursuing that.