Council lost €53,000 in charging errors

WATERFORD County Council undercharged developers by €53,000, and the money, which would have been used to fund social housing, cannot now be recouped, a report has shown.

Council lost €53,000 in charging errors

The hard-hitting statutory auditor’s report into the council’s finances in 2003 follows the suspension of a member of staff at the local authority in late April.

Councillors now want to know now if the errors found by the auditor are connected to the suspension or if there are other matters they don’t know about in the council’s finances.

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