Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee.

10:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

No. 4.3 relates to the Commissioners for Charitable Donations and Bequests for Ireland. This body has been dissolved since the financial statements were produced. It was, in fact, dissolved with effect from 16 October, which is why the financial statements are for the period ending 16 October 2014. A matter to which I did draw attention in that regard is note No. 7 of the financial statements, which outlines the circumstances in which €165,000 was distributed in error among charities in June 2014. The commissioners set about calling back the funding and redistributing it in a more appropriate manner but, as at the reporting date, €30,000 still remained to be recovered.