Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. David Kelly:

The first thing to note is that the Department does not fund any services directly. Services such as those provided by the trust are procured by local authorities. Homeless services are organised on a regional basis with nine lead authorities. Those lead authorities prepare a services plan for the region and they would procure-----