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- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: In that report, he says, in the four areas where he gives assurances, that no assurance can be given that public procurement requirements are being complied with, and this represents a high risk.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: That is a critique of the ICT department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Mr. Kelly is criticising the fact that not taking appropriate action, whatever that appropriate action was in his head, presented a high risk.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: What Mr. Kidd is saying is that there would have been a greater to risk to him had he done something other than what he did. Does Mr. Kelly accept that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: How then can Mr. Kelly say he can offer no assurance that the appropriate action was being taken? He is accepting that Mr. Kidd was in a very difficult position.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Mr. Kelly did not put that in his report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: I ask Mr. Kelly to bear with me. He has a responsibility in this regard. What he is telling me today is not what is in the internal audit report. The internal audit report says that he cannot give any assurance and that there is a high risk. Now we are getting the rationale from Mr. Kidd as to why that is the case, because there may have been a greater risk. None of this is reflected in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: I accept what Mr. Kelly has said, but what I am taking from his contribution, and that of Mr. Kidd, is that this is not ideal and should have been done differently. I read over the transcript of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. Mr. Kidd said it is difficult to employ people directly in IT. Is that the issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Why could that have not been put out for re-tender so that a different company could be considered?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Why was it not done?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: The resources and people required to carry out the process were not available?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Are those people available now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: When will it go out for tender?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: I understand that. Does the Comptroller and Auditor General find that it is becoming difficult for public bodies to recruit ICT personnel, which is resulting in a higher dependence on outsourcing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Mr. Kelly reported on the obligation, which is one issue, but if there are complexities-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: To be fair to Mr. Kidd, that is his position.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: Why is it difficult? What is the problem with recruitment in that area?
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: That is important, and is perhaps something that should form part of our periodic report as a recommendation to all public bodies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: I did not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)
David Cullinane: I will not take any more than two minutes. I have a quick question for Mr. Ó Cualáin to wrap up on the procurement issue. When an audit is done there are findings and, I would imagine, there are learnings from that. Given the exchanges today and at the justice committee, what learnings have there been for the organisation in respect of the report?