Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
Under a proposed model of ownership involving approved housing bodies, the bodies would fund and own the accommodation and rent them out to persons. There is the potential for the Department to own properties directly and manage them as an alternative if the approved housing body route does not provide sufficient accommodation.