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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is about more than monitoring. There was a structure put in place in respect of the construction status report. When will that be published for the first quarter of this year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It will be next week. Where do we expect delivery to be for local authorities and approved housing bodies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it up or down on the fourth quarter of 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is being published next week. It is exactly what I mean. We have a housing crisis and we are trying to effect delivery. There is a substantial body being given both to the Department and local authorities to do that. These numbers are extremely important to us. The inconsistency between local authorities and approved housing bodies and deliveries from those is one of the reasons...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have been doing this for a really long time and one of key measures of the Department is about effecting delivery. As Secretary General, Mr. Doyle has the largest housing budget there has ever been. That is in addition to the broad stream of local authority funding. Is Mr. Doyle satisfied the departmental controls are sufficient in chasing up local authority delivery? Is he satisfied...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not disagree with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is exactly my point. Those build figures in quarter 1 of 2022 are very important in that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, but also from the purchase of turnkeys.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Going back to the Accounting Officer role, Mr. Doyle mentioned the importance of ensuring value for money. I want to take up on the point that the committee identified earlier about having more assurances for control, weaknesses being identified, and putting appropriate controls in place to manage those risks. Will Mr. Doyle commit to the committee that a Department of Public Expenditure...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Or a code of practice that is at least similar to the standards in DPER for the other public bodies. There is a gap here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is exactly it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is very helpful. Is that a commitment? When the review work is complete will that be done, so that the next time the Department comes before the committee that will be in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does Mr. O'Leary have a timeline for that, please?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand. It is interesting because when this was introduced, it was set out - perhaps it was just a perception - as a panacea for social housing delivery. The idea was that the block arose from the big, bad Department causing too much of an obstruction for local authorities. A number of 600 units nationally coming through the one-stage pipeline seems very low. Is it lower than...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has details in relation to the progress update announced by him on 9 June 2022 in relation to planning measures introduced a year ago by county, or by constituency of where the 15,883 homes are located; the sort of builds they are for example apartments and houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31900/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable housing across the country, and specifically Dún Laoghaire; the updated guidelines on what constitutes affordable housing for each county or constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31901/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of parliamentarians in Tunisia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his meeting with the Finnish Foreign Minister; if enhanced co-operation around security and defence at an EU level was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Appointments (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the appointment of a harbour master for Fingal, following a business case for the position in March 2022; if he will approve an application by Fingal County Council for a harbour master; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26518/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry for being so late. As the Chair will know, I was at the Committee of Public Accounts this morning. I have an observation to make on what Ms Phelan said about the two different rooms and the economy and social inclusion divide. I want to back up that point. I worked as a Government adviser for nearly ten years. Much of this was on the social side involving the Department with...