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
Mr. Declan Hughes:
Okay. Essentially, we asked for a self-declaration relating to accounts. When it came to the small business assistance scheme for COVID, SBASC, that we subsequently launched, and we had more time to develop it, we asked that individuals upload their accounts. That is the type of proof we will be seeking when we go back to do the spot checks in respect of the accounts that were held at the time. As they were on the rates system, the local authorities knew the business and the size and scale of the business.