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

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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The article in The Irish Times on 29 May highlighted the purchase of the hotel for €6.24 million. It also highlighted its vacancy or non-use since 2022. Given the scale of where we are, it does not feel like there was any urgency or emergency in this regard. Has the Department challenged the trust in any way on this matter?