David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If the authority has only an advisory role, will it review all the reports of the hearings of Committee of Public Accounts on this issue because Mr. Kelly claims that over three periods, from 2008 to 2015, information was withheld from him, there was non-co-operation and interference? He and his office are independent, as they must be within the Garda Síochána because he has a specific job to do. We also know that a report was prepared in 2015 for Mr. Dunne, who was to brief the audit committee in June or July of that year, but he did not do so until September and raised the issue under any other business. It would seem, on the face of it, that Mr. Kelly did not get the co-operation he needed. Maybe he was right and there was a circling of the wagons. I would like Ms Feehily, if she gets the time in her busy schedule, to review exactly what has been said because I would take these as very serious charges. If the head of internal audit does not have the comfort of feeling he can do his job fairly and without interference, I would be very concerned. Given that the authority has an oversight role, I ask that it do that, and if she has to recommend changes, that she do that as well.