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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: Would Mr. Fraser share some of those concerns?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: Does he share any of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: Is that a tacit admission that this unit did cross a line and became more political in the sense that if Mr. Fraser had a concern that future Ministers and parties which may be in government had concerns that this had crossed the line and was a good enough reason to disband the unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: If it did not cross a line and the concerns are genuine, which concerns were genuine and real and which were not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: With respect, Mr. Fraser said one of the reasons the unit was wound down was because he had concerns about the wider body politic and people in opposition who may be in government. He talked about their genuine concerns. It is reasonable for me to ask him to outline in broad terms, without reference to individual parties, Deputies or Senators, those genuine concerns he said led him to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: Which is why I am asking, when Mr. Fraser says "they"-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: That is not what I am asking. I wish to stop Mr. Fraser for a second because the Chairman is trying to be helpful. What the Accounting Officer is saying to us is that one of the two substantial reasons the unit has been wound down was a concern from the wider body politic and that he was the one who said there were genuine concerns, some of which he agrees with and some of which he does...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I am not asking that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: With respect, Mr. Fraser is avoiding answering the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I have a number of specific questions on the operation of the strategic communications unit.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I am glad that a motion passed by the Dáil had some impact on some aspect of Government policy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I have a couple of questions on the operation of the unit, after which I will ask a number of questions on tribunal costs and commissions of investigation, which we dealt with earlier. I will be as brief as I can on this matter on which I ask the Chairman to show me some latitude. Mr. Fraser dealt with some of the criticism of the strategic communications unit and I will not go back over old...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: No, the newspaper article was reflecting something that happened.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: Deputy Maurice Quinlivan submitted a parliamentary question to the then Tánaiste and the response was drafted word for word by the strategic communications unit. Mr. Martin Fraser:Was the question about the SCU?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I am not sure what it was about but it was drafted specifically-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: I do not have the details of what it was about. What I am saying is that we were told the SCU would be at arm's length from Ministers and the Government.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: As Mr. Fraser is aware, the Tánaiste at the time was the Minister for Justice and Equality. It was a justice issue. I do not have the specific details but it was a justice-related issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: It sounds more than strange to me.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018) David Cullinane: We will forward a copy and Mr. Fraser can revert to the committee with a response.