Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres
11:30 am
Mr. Tom Moran:
In September 2014 there were 376 debtors who owed more than €100,000. Ten of these debtors - that is, 2.6% - accounted for 60% of the debt, that is 4.8%. In one case the debt amounted to €1.6 million and that is the subject of a subject of a Supreme Court appeal. A single tenant owes €297,000 which is also the subject of legal proceedings. A vessel owner owes €229,000 in relation to a laid up vessel. The Department's legal service is advising on this. A tenant has outstanding rent charges of €169,000 but following negotiations the leased terms of this amount is to be credited in full. I can go on with the rest of the detail.