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- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will wrap up and the Deputy will get a second opportunity.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are moving on to Deputy Cullinane. Deputy Kelly will be able to come back in a second time if he wishes. I welcome all our witnesses back again. I wish to start with Mr. Kelly. He wrote the audit and signed off on the audit report. Page 3 states that the Garda internal audit section had planned to conduct audits within the ICT directorate and would focus on a number of areas. Why was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is it that the companies or the individuals have to be cleared?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: That probably adds an extra layer to the procurement process which would not normally apply in other processes in State agencies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Connolly asked to come back in briefly but Deputy Marc MacSharry has not had the opportunity to come in yet. Does he want to come in now or later?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Connolly has only some brief questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are nearly done on this issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Kidd come back to us on that issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: I take it that there is a provision in the original contract----
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----that allowed for a roll-over-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----and it was done in accordance with those conditions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is it recognised that we need something every year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Does Mr. Kidd have the agreement that was signed each year rolling over the contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Kidd does believe that there are such substantive documents.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: I refer to the business case Deputy Connolly spoke of - if there is evidence of that, that is fine. Aside from that however, it is a big budget item. There had to be a discussion among some people in respect of this budget item for the coming year. There must have been some level of approval for that expenditure, notwithstanding non-compliance with procurement. There must be some...
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Kidd give us what he has on this issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: In other words, the people who agreed the budget may not have been aware that it was a roll-over rather than new.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: A budget was agreed but the specifics of the procurement may not have been known to them;
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: If they did not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. Will Mr. Kidd give us what he has?