Cork City Councillors want Jerry Buttimer to say sorry for rebuke

A TD has been urged to apologise for his criticism of Cork City Council for failing to draw down millions in housing funding. It follows a defence of the situation by city officials last night in the wake of Fine Gael TD Jerry Buttimer’s statement in the Dáil last week.

Mr Buttimer demanded an explanation from the council as to why it had not used all of the housing funding allocated by the Government to it between 2011 and 2014.

He said in that period, €1m for housing adaptation grants for older people and persons with a disability was not used, that €2m for housing construction and acquisitions, and €3m for energy efficiency measures were not drawn down.