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

Ms Mary Hurley:

The reason there was the surplus was because of an appropriation-in-aid that came in for SICAP. It was not totally expected, so €36 million of that came in for SICAP in that year. That money went back to the Exchequer. The other amounts related largely to administration. They concerned pay and non-pay aspects. That was the reason for that.