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. David Kelly:
It would depend. A lot of the facilities we have introduced in recent years are funded through the capital assistance scheme, CAS, for example, family hubs. We put in capital and develop them. There can be time involved in developing them so at times they are developed through current expenditure. Hotels may be on a short-term contract but there are also longer term contracts for emergency beds where hostels have been set up in private buildings. Contracts can range up to a number of years for some of those. It depends, as there is no set period. It is really up to the local authority based on its projected demand in future years.