Mr. John O'Callaghan:

I spoke with the CAO of the Garda on 1 October about the issues. We also wrote to the CAO on 6 October saying that serious issues were clearly arising in relation to the Sportsfield company, the golf club and the financial arrangements around it. We felt it needed to be brought to the attention of the audit committee and we also said there should be an early meeting between the Department and Garda management. We met the Garda on 5 November. In the letter they sent us at the start of October, they said they had set up this committee and they were going to invite us to nominate someone to sit on it and that was to work through and address the issues that were then known about the Garda College and the golf club. We then nominated someone to that committee.