Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The final property to be transferred was Moate national school, for which €650,000 was received from the Sisters of Mercy. In each case, ownership and title issues arose, and it was a requirement of the indemnity agreement that the property transfer with good market value for each title. There are issues with trusts in those cases. I am told that in some cases the orders had to revert to the Vatican to have the trusts corrected and it was easier to hand over a cheque.

That was strictly only in the cash and the funds received were placed in the special account used to fund the awards made by the Residential Institutions Redress Board and associated legal and other costs. We will place that on record. We will remind Deputy Connolly that the letter is here because it is relevant to our ongoing discussions on Caranua. People understand the reason that some properties were offered but could not be transferred. We have been following that. We will note and publish the letter and we will make sure that Deputy Connolly is made aware of its existence. She can raise it next week or at some other future date because there is more correspondence dealing with Caranua. Is that agreed? Agreed.

No. 2531B is from Ms Ailish Neville at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. We have dealt with the matter which concerns the NTA.

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