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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: I am sure the witnesses will understand my frustration in terms of the control over local government. It is like a bold child that no one trusts to do its work, which is frustrating. Previously, engineering staff and councillors in a particular county could go about doing their own business but as things stand they now have to seek permission and sanction in this regard from the Department....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: Earlier, Deputy Cullinane engaged with Mr. McCarthy on the myriad of funding streams in existence in this area. We have now learned of another one which the Comptroller and Auditor General can add to his list for next year. This defies belief. The current process is very frustrating, in particular for the people who depend on us as politicians and the local authorities to deliver efficient...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: It was stated that the LPT replaced the general purpose grants. Why not have a local property tax alongside the general purpose grants system?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: Fancy flyers were distributed to all households stating that local property tax intake would fund X, Y and Z but as I have pointed out previously that has not been the case because LPT only replaced a stream of funding which previously existed in the form of general purpose grants. Those flyers were a precursor to the strategic communications unit. This irks me greatly. Perhaps before...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: Perhaps the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport officials would update us on the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Shane Cassells: On my earlier comments in regard to the general purpose grantvis-à-visthe local property tax, the point I was making is that we have moved from central governing funding to funding by the people via the local property tax.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: I have a very quick question before the witnesses finish giving their evidence. In his opening statement, Mr. McCarthy said that as part of overall social housing delivery, 5,714 homes were built, refurbished, leased or acquired in 2016, exceeding the target of 4,240 homes. How many of the 5,714 were directly built by local authorities? I do not mean including those by approved housing...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Of some 6,000 homes, 218 were directly built by local authorities. That is it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: In 2017, what was the figure for direct build in local authorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Is that separate from approved housing bodies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: What did the approved housing bodies do then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: How many direct build projects coming from the local authorities to the Department are awaiting funding approval where land is in place? How many of those are before the Department? What is the cumulative return we would get? What would the yield be, that is, the cumulative total of the yield that is before the Department awaiting approval?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Please do. It is important.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: The Department obviously holds regular meetings of city and county managers regarding their upping their game and coming forward with schemes seeking approval from the Department. I see these meetings on the television. What is the average size of the schemes from each county coming forward for delivery?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Again, I am not talking about approved housing bodies; I am specifically talking about county councils.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: That is just as important.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Regarding the long-term strategy, the Department is dealing with both the county councils and the approved housing bodies that do such fantastic work. The Department is dealing with the matter through acquisitions. I am harping on this issue because building has unquestionably flagged over the last decade or so. I saw very little building during my time on the local authority. We now have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: In meeting those targets the Department sets a headline figure, which is fine. Is the Department trying to get them to ensure a very good equitable spread across all areas in meeting those targets, or does it not care one way or the other as long as they deliver an overall figure? In the Department's report it is just an overall figure. I had to ask for the breakdown. Is there an aversion...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: I do not want to be rude at all. I mean county council estates, the county council estates that I knew. I grew up in the middle of the town of Navan. All the estates around me in the middle of the town were county council estates. They were finely built estates from the 1950s and 1960s where people reared their families. The issues pertaining today that people see, such as social...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Shane Cassells: Does this include the Housing Agency?