Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
9:30 am
Mr. Colm ? Conaill:
No, that process has to happen but we have sanctioned that. There will be a strategic multiyear plan developed over the course of this year. In the meantime, we want a more strategic approach to disability capital expenditure this year. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, intends to make an announcement, probably in the next couple of months, on where the spend is going. It will begin to change and become broader in terms of the projects that will be supported to reflect the action plan for disability services published by the Government at the end of last year and, to a degree, the roadmap for children's services.