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
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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How is engagement with authorities that did not meet their targets progressing? We must deliver. There is a demand. It is the case that someone has to oversee it. We rely on the Department to oversee local authorities. In fairness, councillors are frustrated as well because they might see their local authority not delivering. What can we do to make sure every local authority reaches its target?