Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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How could they? This is very important. We have a group that was set up for all gardaí who were involved in the Charlton tribunal. We are not talking about Charlton because this is ultimately a cost to the State. This group was set up. People were put into this unit. There was no public procurement of them and we are saying here that we do not even know if they were interviewed for the job. The Commissioner said earlier on that they had to have the appropriate skills so how could they have the appropriate skills if they were not interviewed? Surely if they were interviewed, the Commissioner would know who interviewed them.