Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 November 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard

9:30 am

Mr. Dominic Mullaney:

The short answer is that there is no maximum grant but obviously, the more expensive the project, the more hoops it has to go through. If, for example, it costs more than €100 million, it would have to go to the Government for approval. The more expensive a project, the more stringent the processes become. The agency I mentioned earlier was the Housing Infrastructure Services Company, HISCo. It may be interested in funding and assisting with the housing element. Obviously, if we got a strategic grant application it would be more realistic if we were part-funding what was relevant to us since there are other specific players in the field in terms of assisting on the housing side.