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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: At this stage we are talking about 100 properties through intermediaries. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: If my figures are correct, there are more than 5,000 individuals. That is substantial. From my reading of Mr. McCarthy's correspondence in respect of 2021, I had concluded that there were eight properties at that stage. In October of last year he indicated he was moving away from intermediaries and trying to deal directly with property owners, yet the number of properties has increased to 100.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: How much was paid to intermediaries in 2022?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: What is the total for general emergency accommodation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: We are up €50 million, which is a lot of money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: We spoke last time, and I am still not satisfied with the responses, about why a property owner would go through an intermediary. If I recall correctly, I was told that it was more or less on a par whether there is a differential in what the Department is paying on property through an intermediary versus through direct negotiations. I know there are different arrangements for each one. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Does the Department inform the local authority about all these? I do not mean in the way that it informs elected representatives. I mean, does the Department formally inform local authorities that X property is now being used for this purpose?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am just following on from the questions the Chair was asking in respect of inspections. As a matter of course, would the Department expect local authority fire officers, for example, to carry out an inspection of all of the properties?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Beforehand?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: And who would carry out that fire certification? Would it be the local authority fire officer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: That is an important clarification, if Mr. McCarthy is in a position to tell us that every property that is being used for emergency accommodation has a fire certificate through the local authority. That is an important point to note.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Mr. O'Connor indicated that locations have not yet been found for all of the 700 modular units that are committed to be delivered. Of the locations that have been found, how many people will be accommodated there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: How many sites will that cross?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: There is some work to be done, then, in identifying new sites.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Are these sites being offered predominantly by local authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: Do the local authorities contact the OPW or does the OPW engage with them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: They came through the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Mr. O'Connor will be aware there is some media coverage of the fact that certain areas of the country seem to be immune from any responsibility regarding housing, either through direct provision, emergency accommodation or now through modular housing. They just happen to be some of the wealthiest parts of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: In that instance, what happens?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: I will address this to Mr. McCarthy. There is a sense of unfairness about how this has been done in many areas, some of which have already suffered high levels of deprivation and low levels of service. That in turn feeds into the anger that we have seen, which is then manipulated by people who have a very regressive political agenda. From Mr. McCarthy's perspective as Secretary General,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Matt Carthy: If I understand correctly from what Mr. O'Connor has said, there are certain places that are not offering anything, so they are not even in consideration.