Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will move on to chapter 12 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the accounts of the public services for 2016, which relates to the management of ancillary services at the Garda Training College, Templemore. This provides the committee with an opportunity to examine further matters which we already reported on in some detail in July in a report entitled Examination of matters in relation to Financial Procedures at Garda College, Templemore. It will be important for us to get an update on progress to address the issues and to be updated on other related audits being conducted into matters at the college. Joining us for this session is Mr. Niall Kelly, head of the Garda internal audit section; Ms Anne Barry and Mr. George Trimble from the Department of Justice and Equality; and Mr. Martin Bourke and Mr. Seamus O'Neill from the Office of Public Works. We have already had an opening statement from the acting Garda Commissioner for the entire meeting, so I call the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.