Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 May 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Finance
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2020
Chapter 16 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer for 2020

9:30 am

Mr. John Hogan:

It was quite low but it is very much framed in the conditionality that is associated with the scheme. In assessing the applications, both the granters of the primary medical certificate and, ultimately, the board of appeal have to take cognisance of what is in the legislation and the terms of reference for the scheme. That is where we go into the wider piece in respect of what is the future and the best mechanism for supporting transport disability-----