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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: We cannot accuse Mr. Fraser of unconscious bias on gender or towards women given that he has two women on either side of him. Well done on that because we do not always get gender balance.
- 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: Yes, we have discussed this issue enough. Mr. John Concannon has been mentioned a number of times. There is no doubt he is a talented individual - we all accept that - so any questions raised in respect of him are not personal and certainly not a reflection on his ability. There is no doubt he is a person of great ability. Mr. Fraser stated Mr. Concannon was head-hunted and appointed by...
- 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: He was a public servant essentially.
- 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: At any rate, he is a public servant. We dealt earlier with correspondence from Mr. Concannon to Mr. Barry Murphy, a special adviser to the Taoiseach. In this correspondence, Mr. Concannon stated that communications under a strategic communications unit would be deployed to support strategic Government priorities and decision making under an overarching team such as the Republic of...
- 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 know this did not happen but I am asking how it-----
- 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 know that and it is not the question I am asking. Mr. Concannon contacted Mr. Murphy, however.
- 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 know and I am not asking whether the SCU used the phrase "Republic of Opportunity". I am saying that Mr. Concannon corresponded with Mr. Murphy and suggested to him that the phrase "Republic of Opportunity" be used.
- 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: The answer is "Yes".
- 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: Mr. Concannon is a civil or public servant. Mr. Fraser was horrified at the notion that this would be entertained and it is good that he is very clear that this would not happen under any circumstances. How could a public or civil servant believe that was-----
- 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: On whose part was it a mistake?
- 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: He is a person of ability in terms of communications and getting a message out. Mr. Fraser stated that one of the reasons he closed down the unit was that there were political sensitivities and the Opposition had concerns. Mr. Concannon essentially fed into 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: To whom was Mr. Concannon accountable?
- 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: Who set up 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 have very limited time. Who set up the SCU? Which civil servant set it up?
- 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: Who is accountable for setting it up?
- 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: Who is accountable for disbanding it?
- 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: This unit was set up with great fanfare and was to be cost neutral and save us money but ended up costing us money. It was wound down essentially because it did not work. Does Mr. Fraser, as the Accounting Officer and the person who set up and disbanded the SCU, take responsibility for the mistakes that were made?
- 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: What does that mean? What was Mr. Fraser's part in it?
- 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 will make a final recommendation to Mr. Fraser and offer some advice, if he is interested in taking advice, regarding the establishment of units of this sensitivity in future. By the way, those of us who have concerns about the operation of the unit are not against streamlining or professionalising communications. That is a good thing and one of the issues that has been lost in all of...
- 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: Yes, I did.