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:

One of the cross checks is that they are part of the rates system. They are known to the local authorities and the local authorities have a relationship with them either in terms of existing rates payments or outstanding rates and so forth. It is on that basis we will be working on those. Where there may be reclaims or other issues arising we will deal with it through the local authority system.