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

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think the Commissioner should do so. It is disappointing that she has not done so because he mentioned quite a number of things that were brought to the attention of those who attended the meeting. He mentioned AC Nolan's report in 2010 and the McGee report, and highlighted many things in the note, and that the meeting went on for well over two hours. He mentioned, in particular in relation to McGee, the missing records. He stated that he was told to be careful in making allegations like that, and mentioned that aspect twice.

Let me explain what I am doing. I do not expect the Commissioner to know every bit of the note but I did expect that she would have read it. Mr. Barrett stated that it was a very serious meeting where he raised all of these issues. Alarm bells should have rung. The 2008 and 2010 reports were not acted on and he brought this matter to her attention.

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