Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While the officials are looking for that, I have a question on the White Paper on plans for State-run accommodation. The Chair asked whether it was for build or buy. I am just concerned that the witness's answer was not very clear. If it is for buying accommodation, will the Department be targeting hotels? Consider what happened with the D Hotel. It was sold in October and somebody bought it with the intention of applying for the contract. Is that scenario still going to be wide open even with the new plans for State-run accommodation whereby hotels think they can make an absolute fortune by flogging the hotel in the town, or other local big businesses believing they can make a killing financially, and then that service is gone out of the community? Is that scenario still going to be available under this? People have the impression that it was going to be for building accommodation more than-----

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