Mr. John Barrett:

I cannot really offer any valuable view on this until the point it came to my attention, which was in June 2015. I inquired about a certain mid-year set of numbers in the Garda college relating to overtime and how we were managing. On foot of that, certain numbers were given to me that did not make a lot of sense and then I made some further inquiries. On foot of that I became aware of the 2008 report of the finance directorate and I read it. My response at that point in time was to call the then chief administrative officer and discuss it with him. I made certain he got a copy of this and we discussed it together.