Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 January 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund

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9:30 am

Ms Caroline Timmons:

It does not need particular legislative underpinning. The Derelict Sites Act allows local authorities to make the purchase in the first place. All they are doing is defraying money they have spent once the purchase occurs.

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