David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am very clear about this. I established, at the beginning of my questioning, the relationship between the Department and An Garda Síochána. We established that prior to 2005 the chief Accounting Officer for the spending of money by An Garda Síochána, including by the Garda training college, was Mr. Water's predecessor. That is the issue and my questions were framed in that context. This is not about the Department micro-managing An Garda Síochána. It is about processes and financial controls which seem to have failed. They seemed to have failed not only on the watch of the current Garda Commissioner and her predecessors, but also on the watch of the Department.