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

Mr. Graham Doyle:

We have given a range. We have not given one. We have not said, “Go out and produce just this kind.” We have given a range in terms of our design manual. We are now making that design manual mandatory. What we are saying is that they will be quicker through processes, it will cut out fees and this is more efficient, and we are now making that mandatory with the local authorities. We are not going as far yet as just saying, “Produce this box.”