Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, there was an appeal process as well, which considered real barriers where people simply could not access the information. Some people were not around and available to make the applications. To clarify some of the details, grant levels ranging from €200,000 were approved. They were based on a variety of factors, including the level of loss experienced by the organisation, the level of non-pay costs and the level of public funding received in 2019. Funding can be used to defray non-pay costs such as rent, rates, insurance, etc. Pay-related costs or capital expenditure are not eligible under the fund as many charities in particular were able to avail of the Government's wage subsidy scheme and other funding supports. The fund came under the dormant accounts scheme, which limited its remit to some extent. I can talk more about those limitations if the Deputy likes. Not every organisation was eligible. They should have been informed and would have had an opportunity to appeal.

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