Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is so much. I want to go back to the 2008 report, Mr. Culhane.

In respect of the 2008 report we heard about Revenue and it was disclosed that the Garda Sportsfield Company was also used as a vehicle to develop the Garda college golf and leisure club. Revenue disallowed the claim because the club did not contract to develop the golf course. I do not know if anyone here was ever in a company that the Revenue Commissioners audited. It is an awful feeling and not something one ever forgets. They go through absolutely everything. Do the witnesses recognise that? They make it really uncomfortable and one would never want to put oneself through that again. The idea of talking about not being able to be sure about Revenue and compliance after having that experience beggars belief. I know the Sportsfield Company is a limited company and I am not sure if Mr. Kelly has a function in that but would it not have really heightened his concerns about the kind of interrogation that was needed in respect of the accounts presented?

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