Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 2 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Exceptional State Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust
Chapter 12 - Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Local Government Fund - Account 2023
2:00 am
Mr. David Kelly:
The direct funding relationships were with the local authorities, rather than the Department and we funded the local authorities, so we were not directly involved in negotiations. Leaving that aside, the issue was, as the Deputy mentioned, that some fundraising income was supplementing State funding. Under the revised arrangements, we will fully fund the cost of the contract and the cost of service provision. We will provide an improved overhead cost and improved funding to support the maintenance of facilities.