Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 June 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

Mr. Cyril Dunne:

That is reasonable, yes. I can say that I did not see any general tension between Mr. Culhane and Mr. Ruane. That is the first thing. The second thing is that I would have promoted a difference of view, not just in that steering committee but in any group I would have been involved in - any team around a table. I have been regularly on the record internally in An Garda Síochána as saying that if I have two people around the table who have the same view, I only need to have one of them present. So I am not concerned about differences of views in the room. I was concerned about tensions but not about differences of view. Mr. Ruane is absolutely right that it is within his purview. I do not see that as an issue.

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