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:
We have made many changes to address the vacancy issue across the services that we provide within the Department and with local authorities. For example, there are vacancy officers in every local authority. Some local authorities have been more proactive than others in tackling vacancies and using measures like compulsory purchase orders. Limerick in particular has used many compulsory purchase orders.