Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 April 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress

9:00 am

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Yes. The estimates of costs were based on a lower number of anticipated applicants who would benefit from redress and a lower average cost associated with redress. We did not have the information available to us when the decision was made.