Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of James GeogheganJames Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

I thank Mr. Doherty. I think what he is doing and what he did was a real act of courage and bravery. It cannot have been easy. It is not many people in a position like his who would have done what he did. Normally, when we question people here they are the Accounting Officers. We are here to cross-examine them and to hold them accountable for what they did. However, in this unique circumstance, Mr. Doherty deserves a lot of credit because what he has done cannot have been easy on him or his family.

I wish to deal with his testimony and be absolutely clear. His testimony is that the Capuchin Day Centre fund restricted donation, which was €1.5 million. Is that correct?

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