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- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: What was the reason for that figure going down?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: The number of race meetings was reduced. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: Either it is decreasing or increasing. I am getting confused.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: How far advanced are we in having figures for 2016?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: We will not have to wait another couple of years for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
Peter Burke: Yes, on pension issues.
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Like previous speakers, I acknowledge the good work the Garda does, often in very challenging circumstances. Obviously, it is unfortunate that we are here discussing a report of this nature. It is very important that An Garda Síochána does not suffer any irregularities, that it is transparent and that it is seen to be so. We must ensure we try to mitigate as much as possible the...
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: My concern in this regard is that the requirement was set out in 2004. This is approximately 13 years late. We are not talking about the dark ages when we talk about 2004. We are talking about a very modern setting. Why was there such a delay in getting around to implementing these issues that are set out by policy?
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: However, for a modern police force, does Mr. Ó Cualáin think that delay is acceptable? How can I have confidence that the Garda is able to respond to changes that were required and will be required into the future? Is the Garda able to respond to these changes now?
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: I will move on. Regarding the report, which cites 50 different accounts, we have a number of what are termed irregular practices, which have been mentioned in the discussion; a number of large irregular transfers, some complex in nature, the exact purpose of which is hard to detail; and a situation whereby we see various entities in respect of which transparency is not present. Could Mr....
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Yes, page 23.
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Yes. And he is mentioned earlier in another entity. From a common sense perspective, it seems very strange that an auditor would furnish an opinion saying that books of account have been kept except for the cash records. As anyone knows, in a bar, cash is the most important thing and that there be controls to ensure its safeguarding and that it is accounted for correctly. It seems very...
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Does Mr. Kelly think that opinion is reasonable.
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: For anyone with common sense reading it, it is immediately apparent how off the wall that is.
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Has he been engaged by the Garda college for any other entities?
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: That would concern me greatly.
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: There have been a number of transfers. Looking at the restaurant area, in a year and a half there was €400,000 in transfers to keep it going during periods when numbers were not present. The bar amassed €417,000 in that current account. We are saying that from 2009, there were no accounts present. Does Mr. Kelly think that is a very serious aspect that he cites in the report?
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: In Mr. Kelly's knowledge, as an internal auditor, where in the chain of command of An Garda Síochaána should this issue be highlighted? What are the checks and balances there? What are the internal controls within An Garda Síochána that would highlight this anomaly? If I was looking at a bar with €400,000 sitting in its current account, with years passing - even...
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Would it do so now?
- 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 (4 May 2017) Peter Burke: Has that changed now? Has that been enacted?