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:

There were criteria. If it is okay, I will bring in my colleague, Mr. Declan Hughes, because there have been a number of questions about how we reviewed this between the scheme ending in July and the August scheme. On the commercial side, a company had to be a ratepayer, have turnover, and have a self-declaration, which I think is what is causing some concern. We were not in a position to assess that at that time. They had to commit to retain employees on the temporary wage subsidy scheme. That commitment was made, but we would not have been in a position to verify it at that point in time. Deputy Verona Murphy asked how we will run the review and why that was not done in July. I think Deputy Munster asked about that too. I will ask Mr. Hughes to speak on this. He was in charge of it at the time and might be able to help the committee more.

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