Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process

9:00 am

Mr. Dónall Ó Cualáin:

I suppose the biggest learning, and I mentioned it earlier, is the timing of going for contract and not allowing ourselves to be in a position where we run out of time.

What was surprising to me was the amount of time it took from when this was initiated in January 2016. It has taken that length of time with the best will in the world to get it across the line. It shows that we have to be flagging these things much earlier. We all have a role to play in that, not least Mr. Kelly in his role as auditor as he goes around and the procurement office, which holds the database of all our procurement files. I am assured the flagging system has been introduced so we should not be in this position again of being out of contract or out of time in the context of services delivered.

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