Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The targets we have set for local authorities are baseline targets. We want to exceed them. I was local authority officials in County Tipperary this week and they have exceeded their delivery and many others have done the same. We want them to do that. The targets set are a baseline but want people to do more than that. We expect projects that were not completed last year to be completed early this year. That will provide additional numbers on social housing delivery. None of those projects are lost. However, the targets we set at local authority level are baseline targets. We want them to be exceeded.