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. Paul Benson:
Yes. The size of schemes can affect average costs. We have about eight different delivery streams. They vary from something like a local authority Part 5 which is just under €300,000 in 2024 to a local authority construction project which was €340,000 and at turnkey which was €372,000. CALF construction, which is what the AHBs do, is €421,000. That is really because often they are doing apartments in Dublin city and other places which are a lot more expensive. They do vary. There is a considerable variation there and costs have risen significantly. We are all aware of the construction cost inflation.