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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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Has that changed now? Has that been enacted?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: On the explanations for those transfers, we are all clear of the skills-gap in administration cited by An Garda Síochána, but we are not talking about a time in the dark ages. It is clear that common sense should apply in issues like this. Ignorance is no defence. I need assurance from the Commissioner on the changes that have happened in An Garda Síochána, that these...

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: On the bar accounts, could Mr. Kelly say what type of entity it was? How was it recorded? What was audited?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Mr. Kelly reviewed them.

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Has Mr. Kelly reviewed the actual accounts?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Which is clearly off the wall.

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: So how did Mr. Kelly accept it then?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I am missing what Mr. Kelly is saying. Has Mr. Kelly seen the accounts?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: But seeing those audits would be seeing the accounts? Is Mr. Kelly just looking at a page where there is an audit report or is he looking at a complete set of accounts whereby all the figures are backed up and there are notes and so on. Could Mr. Kelly tell me exactly what he was seeing?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: If Mr. Kelly has seen the accounts, my question was what structure is this bar recorded on?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: This report is for €112 million of taxpayers money over a time, and I can see a bar that has amassed almost half a million euro in cash in a bank account. This is very relevant, believe you me. I need to know what structure it was under. Are we talking about an income and expenditure account on Microsoft Excel or a set of accounts? What structure are we talking about?

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I am worried about the fact that business and community people face controls in running their businesses and they face the full rigours of the law if they do not follow them. We need to protect the reputation of An Garda Síochána and we cannot allow these practices to go on. Mr. Kelly needs to give as much information about what went wrong as he can, even though this is only an...

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I disagree with Mr. Kelly. One cannot accept the opinion of a person if it is wrong. We have to clearly find out what happened. A local GAA club would have better records than we have here. We are talking about An Garda Síochána.

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 (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I would hope that An Garda Síochána would already have taken action if there had been incorrect behaviour among gardaí. Can Ms O'Sullivan give me an assurance on that point?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (4 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request a private contractor to provide broadband to a household (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21277/17]

Other Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (2 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the rural recreation programme will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20344/17]

Other Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (2 May 2017)

Peter Burke: My question is to ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the rural recreation programme will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (2 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I welcome the announcement by the Minister of State. This is another prime example of the Government investing in rural Ireland. That has to be welcomed. I note, in the action plan for rural development, in excess of €50 million over the lifetime of the plan is to be invested in sports, recreational and cultural facilities. I know we have a greenway in my own constituency which got...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (2 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I welcome the Minister's reply and the effort the Department is making to invest money in rural Ireland. It is important that we have an action plan and that it be reviewed. That has been very successful in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Education and Skills. It is a very strong template with which to move forward and I commend the Minister for...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (2 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister for being ambitious. It is very important that these targets be reviewed. If one looks at the headline figures, there is an ambition to create 135,000 new jobs by 2020. The Minister is right to be ambitious and ensure the target is monitored. It is very important for a constituency such as Longford-Westmeath to increase the number of overseas visitors. The ambition...