Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 November 2021

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Chapter 6 - Covid-19 Restart Grant Schemes

9:30 am

Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:

The future plan is to deal first with the permits we have on hand. We have fallen behind because of the increase. It is up 50% on last year and 30% again on the previous year. We are looking at all possible aspects we can change to increase the way in which we handle our work balance. We have assigned extra staff, and we have staff on overtime and working weekends. We are trying to drive down the time taken-----