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

9:30 am

Ms Clare Costello:

I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to clarify this. The total cost of the commercial rate waivers for 2021 was just under €500 million. Some of that was subject to a technical Supplementary Estimate, which would have undergone the regular process.