Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 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 David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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The report deals with the historical context. It deals with the incomplete report of 2016, the 2008 report, the 2010 report and correspondence between Commissioners and other people. It references Mr. Howard so it does deal with the historical issues. What does Mr. Culhane mean, then, when he says the report was misleading? He goes on to say Mr. Kelly made defamatory comments and threatened legal proceedings against him. We have a situation in which the head of the finance directorate is threatening legal action against the head of internal audit, saying he found his work to be "unprofessional, misleading and mischievous". Mr. Culhane said the contents of the draft report were unprofessional, misleading and mischievous. Please explain how the report was unprofessional, misleading and mischievous.