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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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When the Commissioner referred to legacy issues, she meant issues arising from those structures. Was she referring to the lack of candour and co-operation within certain segments of the Garda?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will revert to the lack of candour. It is a matter that Mr. Howard raised more than once. The Commissioner has explained "legacy issues" as relating to structures and the ongoing consequences. Has the period during which there was a lack of candour and co-operation in the Garda finished or is it still ongoing?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I agree that that is what Mr. Kelly said. It is written down. However, that only came about recently. Is that not right? In response to a question that I put, Mr. Barrett is on record as saying that this matter would not have seen the light of day only for himself.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Commissioner agree with him?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Commissioner agree with what he said? It was not a boast, merely a statement of fact. Without him persisting, raising this matter and keeping his - I do not like the word "dossier" - notes, this situation would not have reached this level of openness.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: My question was on whether the Commissioner agreed with what he said, namely,-----

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: -----that without him, it would not have seen the light of day.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I hear that. In fairness, the Commissioner has said that many times. I will ask her again. If she cannot answer now, I will revert to the matter when I go through Mr. Howard's statement about a lack of candour. Does the Commissioner accept what Mr. Barrett said, namely, that without him, this would not have happened?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is where-----

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Commissioner is choosing to answer the question in that way.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Another theme that has, I believe, come from the Commissioner and Garda spokespersons is that was then and it would not be appropriate by present standards. Is that not right? That comment has been made. By modern governance standards-----

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: This is my third time putting to various witnesses that it was not appropriate by the standards of the time either. We will go from the 2008 report. Is that not right?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: In fact, a separate accountancy system was operating. It was outside public scrutiny.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Let us leave the accounts alone because they are being tracked down. They have been reduced to four from 50. I do not need to go into the details, as I will accept what the auditor will tell us. That process is under way. I am more interested in the 2008 report. Has the Commissioner read it yet?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It reads:The amount of organisations, sub-committees and bank accounts being operated from the Garda College creates an environment whereby it is difficult to implement proper internal controls. ... The shadow audit reveals that these organisations and entities have been operating outside governmental accounting regulations ... The general comment in the report is that this was totally wrong...

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is accepted that this was not acted upon.

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It was not acted on. Does the Commissioner accept that?

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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Following the Garda's inquiries to date, does the Commissioner know why it was not acted 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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Let me. I have read it, as have all of the Deputies present. The report was published in 2008. Unfortunately, Mr. McGee has his name on it. It was commissioned by the financial director above him. It went to Mr. Fachtna Murphy, who was the then Commissioner, and returned with a recommendation from him that it be implemented. A comment is made somewhere to the effect that it would be a...