Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
9:30 am
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Absolutely, but if the Department accepts there is a value-for-money issue with a proposal that is costing it money from its current budget every year, the onus is on it to prepare a proposal which seeks the capital funding to purchase these units. I say this given we know these landlords are selling and there is an opportunity here for the State to purchase these units.