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:
They are doing it on behalf of the Department of Transport. Local authorities work with a whole range of Government Departments. We have a particular function as regards local government but when it comes to a transport spend, for example, they spend on behalf of the Department of Transport.