My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban renewal/regeneration, and fire services.
My Department provides funding to local authorities on an ongoing basis as projects are progressed. Grant funding is provided primarily on the basis of vouched expenditure. As such, the position in respect of claims changes constantly as claims are received, validated and processed for payment. Accordingly, the specific level of detail sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. If the Deputy is concerned regarding a specific claim from a local authority, I will have the matter explored further on receipt of the relevant information.
The capital expenditure provision for my Department in 2022 as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) and available at www.per.gov.ie/en/rev/ is €3,403m. These provisions will be used to advance capital investment across a range of programme areas within my Department’s remit.