Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022
561. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 12 October 2021, the reason conflicting information was provided (details supplied) in the response; the steps she will take to ensure that the correct number of successful applicants is supplied to this Deputy; and if written confirmation will be provided detailing the successful groups that have received a rebate [6074/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will appreciate, the scheme referred to is administered on behalf of my Department by an external organisation. In order to provide the Deputy with the information supplied in response to the previous Parliamentary Questions referred to, contact was made with this external organisation to provide a response.
I regret and apologise that in answering these previous Parliamentary Questions incorrect information was supplied to the Deputy in the response issued in January of this year. The figure of 468 groups was compiled from an incomplete listing and I regret that this administrative error was not noticed prior to the issue of the information to the Deputy.
I can confirm, having sought clarification of the figures provided, that the table appended to the answer to Parliamentary Question No 403 of 12 October 2021 contains the full details as requested by the Deputy and that the figure provided in the table, which I attach again for the Deputy's convenience, is the correct and total information requested.
