Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022

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Advances to and expenditure of designated local authority and Housing Agency

6. (1) In each financial year the Minister may advance such amount of money as he or she considers appropriate to each of the following for the purposes of the performance by them of their respective functions under this Act:

(a) a designated local authority;

(b) the Housing Agency.

(2) The advance shall be made by the Minister out of monies provided by the Oireachtas for the purpose of implementing this Act.

(3) The Minister may impose such terms and conditions on the advance as he or she considers appropriate.

(4) Each of the following shall submit a budget of its proposed expenditure in the performance of its functions under this Act in each financial year to the Minister:

(a) the Housing Agency;

(b) a designated local authority.

(5) A budget referred to in subsection (4) shall be submitted—

(a) before the date of the start of the financial year to which it relates, but not more than one year prior to that date, and

(b) in accordance with regulations made under subsection (9).

(6) The Minister may approve the budget without modifications or approve the budget with such modifications as he or she considers appropriate.

(7) The Minister may consult with the designated local authority or the Housing Agency, as the case may be, for the purposes of subsection (6).

(8) Each of the following shall submit a report of its expenditure incurred in the performance of its functions under this Act in each financial year to the Minister:

(a) the Housing Agency;

(b) a designated local authority.

(9) The Minister may prescribe:

(a) the form and content of a budget referred to in subsection (4) and a report referred to in subsection (8);

(b) the intervals at which, and the periods in relation to which, a budget referred to in subsection (4) or a report referred to in subsection (8) shall be submitted.