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- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: You are all very welcome to today's meeting. The committee will today examine matters relating to the Peter McVerry Trust. This is part of the committee's examination of the 2023 accounts of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, whose representatives attended in June 2025. The Peter McVerry Trust is an approved housing body that provides homeless services in the State....
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I thank Mr. Doherty. I note we are due to finish this session at approximately 10.45 a.m. I ask members to work with me in terms of the time allocations and try to stay within the times allocated. I also note the committee is here today to discuss the exceptional funding of the Peter McVerry Trust from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. While it is important to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Will members and the witness try to refrain from making any allegations against any outside parties, including contractors, who are not here to defend themselves? I ask them to be conscious not to name any contractors.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I know there are a lot of questions members have to try to get through but I remind them to confine themselves to the allocated time to be fair to the other witnesses due to come in later and because it will be a long day. Our next questioner is Deputy Geoghegan.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: We will be dealing with correspondence we got from the former chief executive officer at next week's meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Our next questioner is Deputy Bennett.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: The Deputy should try to refrain from using names. It was the former CEO.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I am sorry but, in fairness, the Deputy is out of time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I am sorry, Deputy Ardagh, but we are way over time there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I have a number of questions. Like the previous speakers, I welcome and thank Mr. Doherty for engaging with the committee, coming in before it and providing it with what can only be described as a comprehensive briefing prior to our engagement here. I also thank Mr. Doherty for the work he has done in the organisation under difficult circumstances. To pick up on a number of points that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Was Mr. Doherty ever made aware what the purpose of that loan was or what it was intended for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: To keep the head above water. In relation to Mr. Doherty's role prior to taking on the position of CEO, he was the director of housing and communications. He already referred to some of the difficulties in his role as communications officer. There has been phenomenal work done by Fr. Peter McVerry. He is outspoken on the failures, difficulties and challenges facing homelessness and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: In Mr. Doherty's position, he spoke of some challenges. At any time, did he feel or was it deemed that he may have overstepped the mark by saying something or doing something whereby others may have deemed that he overstepped his role as communications officer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Was he ever reprimanded by the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: On the funding model that had been used in Mr. Doherty's time in the organisation - I know he was not directly involved in that - a number of previous speakers have referred to underbidding, etc. Was the deficit funding model a done thing across the sector or was that driven by the Department? Was this just the sector itself that was using that particular model of underbidding or the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Mr. Doherty made reference to the chair of the board writing to him with specific directions on who should be paid first and that it should not be the agencies which provided the staff being relied on to keep the critical services running or the contractors working to rectify fire safety issues. That is quite concerning. Mr. Doherty might just inform the committee about fire safety....
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
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- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Is that the former hotel that was there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: It is a separate building.
- Public Accounts Committee: Exceptional Funding of the Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (20 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Is that building occupied?