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:

There are differences between what we are looking at and the scoping exercise. Pobal is represented at the meeting if the Deputy wishes to ask its representatives about the scoping exercise. The system we are looking at would be a live system. If it were to be extended across the Government, through State funding, it could be accessed through that open portal. It is a live-now system, as opposed to a system where data are being uploaded from annual reports or from other information that is compiled in the public domain. That is the difference. My colleagues may wish to come in on that point. Mr. Quigley worked on the scoping exercise. Perhaps he could give the Deputy more detail.