Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed)
9:00 am
Mr. John O'Callaghan:
Yes. As I said, we became aware of it as the head of the legal section sought advice from the Attorney General and included documentation to clarify for the Attorney General the financial arrangement relating to the leasing or licensing of the land in Templemore. In the following period, we were aware there were issues around the financial arrangements and we started to discuss these with the Garda Síochána.
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