Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The public service performance report for 2017 states the aim is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public expenditure by linking the funding of public sector organisations to the results they deliver. That is vital. It is a very useful exercise and one we all support in terms of promoting positive reform. In the section of the report dealing with local authority funding for housing from the Department, it is stated that €387.7 million was provided. In addition, €98.3 million was provided through the local property tax. It is stated self-funding was used by local authorities to support the delivery of housing problems. What has been delivered despite all the expenditure? I suggest there was very little.

As noted, the purpose of the public service performance exercise was to determine how we can improve the effectiveness of the delivery of services. As far as I can see, no progress has been made in this area. While the reviews and practices continue aplenty, there is nothing happening on the ground. That is the problem. It is blatantly obvious in housing in that we are not getting housing delivered in Tipperary or anywhere else.

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