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:

It went on for almost two years. I can tell you exactly why. The initial bill or claim and the subsequent reminders went to a single individual. It was a failure on our part and, indeed, on the part of those who submitted the bill. Until such time as it was brought to my attention that the bill had not been paid, it was resting with one individual.