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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 11 May 1967

Vol. 228 No. 7

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cork City Housing Scheme.

29.

Mr. Barrett

asked the Minister for Finance if, at any time, his Department made inquiries into the disbursement of public funds through the Department of Local Government in respect of the payment of grants for the building of houses (details supplied) at Boston Park, Cork.

My Department did not make any such inquiries.

Could the Minister say what the procedure is in relation to grants? Does his Department make a global contribution to the Department of Local Government, which hands out the itemised grants, or is a recommendation made by the Department of Local Government to the Department of Finance in each case, as a result of which a grant flows from the Department of Finance to the Department of Local Government?

The Department of Local Government requires the sanction of the Department of Finance to make these grants. We give a general covering sanction. We do not approve of each individual grant.

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