Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know that but what is annoying some people in the community sector is that they are being penalised because of the practices that were allowed to happen. Its members are being penalised for €10,000 on average and they cannot afford it. If the practices had not been allowed to develop over that period, they would not be hit in this way. Has the Department penalised Pobal in any way for the fact that the practices were allowed to go undetected for a decade? Can this committee be satisfied that the reporting between Pobal and the Department is now sufficiently robust?