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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: That means he has overall responsibility for the finance directorate and ICT, among other areas. As such, the executive directors of ICT and finance report to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: I want to start with the ICT governance board. One of the main roles of the board is to ensure that ICT projects and the contracts relating to them are consistent with the public spending code. The public spending code is a 200 page document but one of the main requirements of the code is that contracts over €25,000 be tendered for. The board has been up and running since November...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: How many ICT contracts has the Garda agreed since the board was set up and were all those contracts tendered for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: With regard to my question, if the witnesses do not have the information now can they get back to us with the information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: For example, the AFIS support 2017-2019 project is to do with biometric specialists to support the Garda fingerprint system. It was agreed in 2017, and Accenture was given the contract. Was that tendered for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: So there was no tender.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: I know the audit done was for 2016 but it highlighted that many of these were rolling contracts and not tendered for. There was criticism of that so has it been addressed and are things being done differently?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: The witnesses' statement argues the ICT complement in An Garda Síochána is significantly lower than those of similarly sized public sector organisations, such as the Revenue Commissioners and the Departments dealing with agriculture and social protection. The witnesses are responsible for how the money has been spent and what has gone on with Accenture is absolutely incredible....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: The chief executive of the Policing Authority, Ms Helen Hall, told the committee that she had concerns about what happened at the ICT governance board and, in particular, with much of its project reporting as there is not any clear sense of what is value for money. What do the witnesses say about that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Is the witness aware the Policing Authority has serious concerns about what is going on? Ms Josephine Feehily said that it frustrates her authority colleagues that when the Garda wants to hire a clerical officer, it must get approval from the authority, but if the Garda wants to spend €10 million on ICT, it does not need approval. She argues the authority has very narrow competence...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: It was relayed to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Moving on, Accenture has received 41 contracts since 2009. The witnesses might correct me if I am wrong. My figures come from Superintendent Helen Deely, the head of freedom of information matters at the Garda. I have raised the audit on numerous occasions. A particular part of it that was overlooked is the reference to the EU Commission. The audit states that the lack of expenditure...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: The witness can get back to me with the figures for the projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Okay. Mr. Kidd stated the Schengen one was put out to tender.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Were the other two put out to tender?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: The Eurodac project agreed in 2016 and the Prüm project.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Were they tendered for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: They were not tendered for. Has any entity associated with the European Union contributed money to these projects?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: Have they had a role in the projects?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Oversight and Accountability: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)
Mick Wallace: My understand is when one breaches procurement guidelines in Ireland, one only seems to get a slap on the wrist but if it the EU has any skin in the game, it can issue fines. Is that the case?