Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
9:30 am
Ms Mary Hurley:
In terms of our own funds, our risk register considers that the funding is used for the purpose for which it is given to these community and voluntary organisations. It is on that basis and on the basis of value for money. We may fund the same community organisation under a different programme in the Department. There are organisations that would be in receipt of a multiplicity of funding from the Department, but that is not to say there is an issue with the funding in any way. Each organisation could apply for the funding based on the criteria and who is governing that scheme. Once that is met we deal with it on a scheme basis. What the new system will do, if we do go ahead with it and if it is a live system in that different organisations are applying for grant funding, exactly as the Deputy has said there we would have clear sight of what the group or the organisation is applying for and we can see if there is symmetry or if there is duplication.
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