Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage

9:40 am

Mr. Graham Doyle:

My understanding is that the various parties, including Galway County Council, are considering the matter right now because the developments in the case are very recent. We looked at the issue of fines previously. The fine is levied on Ireland as a state. We sought legal advice to see whether it was possible to apportion those fines elsewhere, and our advice to date has not provided us with that avenue.