Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer

9:30 am

Mr. Jim Baneham:

There is particular LDA legislation which obviously impacts certain sites but the first port of call is with local authorities to see whether they want to use the site. They always get the first dibs on it. After that, we engage with AHBs, if they are amenable. We have had a couple of processes with AHBs where we have gone out and looked for expressions of interest. Once a scheme is built and is ready to be allocated, that is entirely a matter for the local authority.