Údarás na Gaeltachta.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004

Tuesday, 14 December 2004

Questions (63)

Dan Boyle

Question:

83 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason that a quarry owned by a company (details supplied), which received grants from Údarás na Gaeltachta, was believed to be in the Gaeltacht townland of Baile Doite when an agreement on the quarry in May 1993 involving Galway County Council and a high court case both referred to the quarry as being in the non-Gaeltacht townland of Ballynahallia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33278/04]

Written answers

Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Éamon Ó Cuív)

I wish to remind the Deputy that this is not a matter for me in the first instance as it relates to the day to day operations of Údarás na Gaeltachta.

As my response to Question No. 76 from the Deputy on 9 November 2004 indicated, this is a case of mistaken topography. The position is that Údarás na Gaeltachta paid a grant to the company on the incorrect understanding that the company was operating within the Gaeltacht boundaries. As soon as the error came to light in early 2002, new improved procedures were put in place to avoid any similar recurrence. The Comptroller and Auditor General has indicated that, following further examination of the matter in the context of the interim 2004 accounts, no further action is proposed in the case.