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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Local authorities appear to be choosing turnkey more than direct build or direct delivery, even though it is more expensive to do that. The reason for that, they say, is the nightmare of bureaucracy. If they go to start a small project, it takes 18 months before they start to build the house, even in the midst of a housing crisis. Many local authorities have made reference to the fact the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Is there a reason the Department has not done that? I am sorry to interrupt. I am under pressure for time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The Department is not running the tendering and the procurement processes in parallel, which would speed it up significantly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Was that a new process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: How many have taken up that one-stage process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Just one so far.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: There is one going through. Am I corrects that, last year, 70% of the social housing units delivered were turnkey properties?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: The Department can revert to me on that and it can perhaps revert to me on whether it has plans to run those two processes in parallel. It would certainly help and it is quite astonishing it has not been done. The other aspect I wanted to touch on was the housing maintenance budgets. Local authority income from rental is less than half of the response maintenance, and that is not taking...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I am not talking about doing up a property to re-let; I am talking about existing stock.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: How long does Mr. Doyle believe that will take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government.
Local Government Fund
Chapter 2 – Central Government Funding of Local Authorities. (25 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: It will need additional funding because, otherwise, while it might look good on paper, if there is no funding to come with it-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider regularising the temporary relief granted by the Revenue Commissioners to cross-Border workers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic with respect to section 825A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 2005; if he will consider further tax measures to facilitate cross-Border workers in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the exclusion of travel agents from the CRSS scheme under level 3 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37043/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made representations regarding the proposed changes to the retail export scheme in the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020; if he has liaised with stakeholders on the consequences of the proposed change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the qualifying criteria for the stay and spend scheme; if non-taxpayers that have been excluded can be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/20]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I will touch on a few points regarding value for money with the Department. There was a reference in the opening statement to the fact that part of the reason for the large current expenditure was due to EU fiscal rules. Given recent developments and unprecedented low interest rates, has the Department advised the Government to borrow to rebalance social housing policy away from current...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Does the Department advise the Government on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Has he acted on that to any great extent? We do not really see that in the figures.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: I am talking about capital expenditure, not current expenditure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)
Chapter 11 - Social Housing
Chapter 12 - Land Aggregation Scheme.
Chapter 13 - Pyrite Remediation Scheme. (26 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: More than €1.4 billion has been allocated to current expenditure for next year. Am I correct in saying that this money is for the housing assistance payment, HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and leasing?