Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes
9:30 am
Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:
The legal advice was that all Departments can incur late payments. Obviously, this was a sizable one. However, the overall principle is that late payments arise for various reasons. On this particular occasion, I was informed that it was inadvertently overlooked due to pressure of work. As I say, I have to take the legal advice that was given.
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