Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage

11:25 am

Ms Áine Stapleton:

You mentioned, Chairman, architectural design and separate designs having to be done by each individual local authority. The Department published a design manual for quality housing in January, which sets out standard layouts and gives guidance to local authorities and the AHB sector. It will help internal teams, but also if an outsourced design team is being briefed, this can now become a guide it can use for standard design.