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:

Council members would be represented on the local community development committees, LCDCs. Where projects come forward from LCDCs, that piece would be there. This comes back to the piece around the role of elected members, the executive and the need for information flows and what is set down in the Local Government Acts in terms of approvals, roles and responsibilities.