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

Ms Caroline Timmons:

That is a matter on which we did a review in the Department because it was definitely flagged to us by local authorities and by the people applying for the grants that, potentially, we needed to look at the amount of the grants overall and a number of other issues within the grants. We have done that piece of work and we have made a proposal to the Minister. I think he has asked us to progress that proposal now, so-----