Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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One of the problems we have as public representatives – councillors would say the same thing – is that Pobal very much seems to be a body that people cannot contact and is very much distant. Is there a need for information to be provided to public representatives about the role of Pobal, the processes and how the body reaches its decisions?