Housing Department chief to explain how it left €246m unspent amid housing crisis

Department secretary general Graham Doyle will tell Oireachtas public accounts committee about the causes of the underspend

Department of Housing secretary general Graham Doyle will explain his department's spending decisions to the PAC today, Thursday. File picture: gov.ie

The head of the Department of Housing believes that a €246m underspend on housing delivery has occurred despite all actions to increase supply having been “exhausted”.

Secretary general Graham Doyle will tell the Oireachtas public accounts committee (PAC) today that, over the past four years, a total of €382m in the budget for his department has been returned to the exchequer, not counting funds rolled over for use the following year.