Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 May 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Housing Schemes Expenditure: Think-tank for Action on Social Change

9:30 am

Dr. Robert Sweeney:

Yes, current expenditure is growing and that appears to be driven by the increase in the number of people availing of housing supports. Rising rents are a factor as well. As capital expenditure is increased, hopefully we would see current expenditure decline, but it really depends on how much capital expenditure is scaled up and if it is done at the scale that is needed.