Gaeltacht body’s €1.5m grants

OVER €1.5 million in grants was approved in 2003 by Údarás na Gaeltachta to companies and entities associated with members of the board of the gaeltacht jobs creation agency.

The 2003 annual report of Údarás na Gaeltachta was published yesterday and it shows that €1,586,603 in respect of undertakings, which members of an Údarás were connected to and which were disclosed by the members at board meetings.

Údarás na Gaeltachta had an annual income of €46.8m in 2003 and paid out €17.81m in grants with total expenditure coming to €50.4m resulting in a deficit of €3.5m, down considerably from the €24.8m deficit in 2002.