David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I think I am reading this correctly. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General can confirm the point. With respect, the report states that €126,000 needs to be transferred from the An Garda Síochána Vote to the OPW because the money was collected. We now know that much of that money was spent on things like donations and gifts to members of An Garda Síochána. Essentially, what is happening here is that the taxpayer is footing the bill. The taxpayer has to pay the €126,000. The money will be given from the Garda Vote to the OPW, but much of that money was spent on insurance, gifts, bars and restaurants. Again, the taxpayer is going to foot the bill. Is that not what has happened here? Much of that money is spent. It is gone. If the money is transferred from the Vote of An Garda Síochána, the taxpayer will be footing the bill and we will not get it back from the people who spent the money. Is that acceptable? Is that what is happening here?