Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 February 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Dormant Accounts Fund

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I want to go through one or two items to flesh the matter out a little. In the Department of Justice and Equality the largest underspend occurred in 2015 on the Garda youth diversion project, which is a very worthwhile programme within the Garda. For this project there was an allocation of just under €500 million - sorry, it was €500,000. I wish it were €500 million. There was a delay in implementing the programme. Has that been addressed at this stage? What were the implementation delays referred to by the Accounting Officer?