Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.

9:30 am

Mr. Graham Doyle:

To think about that for a moment, if somebody manages to buy a house at €300,000 who was only able to get a mortgage for €240,000, if that house appreciates in value over a number of years, that person is on the housing ladder where they would not have been otherwise.