Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Public Accounts Committee
Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion
2:00 am
Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central, Labour)
I thank the members of the board, CEO, chief financial officer and the director of corporate services of the Peter McVerry Trust. This is not an easy thing for them to do. I appreciate the fact that they are cleaning up the mess of a lot of other people's own making. I thank the officials from the Department of housing for appearing before the committee. I was struck by some of the comments this morning on the governance and ongoing failure of finances within the trust. Deputy McAuliffe has been on the committee for six years and he said that coming across some of the situations that unfolded was quite stark.
A number of my questions will relate to current issues and as well as looking backwards. The witnesses may not be able to answer those questions and that is totally fine. I understand that. What role is the board or the new CEO taking in the An Garda Síochána investigation?
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