Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. The Commissioner referenced in her opening remarks that this has been ongoing since the 1980s. It is easy for all of us on this side of the room and others in the public domain to question the manner in which moneys were spent by the Garda training college and how it was run. We can agree that it was in 2006 that it was first identified that there was a problem in terms of whether the college was compliant with accountancy rules inflicted upon all agencies of the State by various Departments. In regard to the unfinished audit report presented in 2006, which I understand referenced finance directorate reports, the interim report states "which uncovered discrepancies in compliance with public finance procedures". Why in the Commissioner's view did it take nine years for the Garda to do something about it?

Mr. Kelly mentioned that he commenced his employment with An Garda Síochána in 2008.