Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 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
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Having read the documentation in detail, and I did not have much more time to do so than the Commissioner, I suggest that the date trail shows that, notwithstanding what the CAO has said, it was in Garda hands since 14 June. It was not given to us, even though it was suggested that it should be, until we sought it, and it was provided to us this morning by the gentleman sitting on the Commissioner's right, Mr. Joseph Nugent. It would appear from my humble, non-legalistic view as a citizen that someone was seeking to muddy the waters for Revenue in the context of charitable status and other matters relevant to the Garda College in Templemore and taxation. This is shocking in the extreme. Is this organisation too unwieldy for one person to run?
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