Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites
9:30 am
Mr. Graham Doyle:
In terms of the loans advanced, particularly around social and affordable housing to local authorities and AHBs, I know that the Housing Finance Agency, like any lender, engages in significant due diligence when advancing those loans. That has been the case. The Deputy referred to a situation in an entity that also acts, on occasion, as an AHB as well as a provider of other services to the public. We have not seen significant issues with defaults or anything like that around local authorities or AHBs.