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. Joseph Nugent:

The use of personal email to personal email is the equivalent of two individuals meeting on the street and having a conversation. That is the reality of what we are talking about. No organisation in the world is in a position to prevent two individuals using their personal email accounts and to audit, trace or check them. That cannot be done. I hear what Deputy Kelly is saying but all we can do is---