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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Going through the mountains of correspondence we see, a great deal of it is not appropriate to the committee. I do not necessarily mean this matter. Some thought should be given to being quite public about what is and is not appropriate. People are always looking for an outlet to get a remedy and, as such, understanding the remit of the committee is a public information issue. That might...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Sometimes liquidation processes take years to complete. Indeed, it is not unusual for them to take years. We are now trying to fast forward to a point in time when there will be a different Committee of Public Accounts and the letter must be written in that context. The letter must contain clear instructions as to what is meant by this committee at this stage-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Controls (30 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the airports and aerodromes with customs clearance; the number of visits that have been made by customs and excise to airports other than those with a permanent customs presence in 2014 to 2016, inclusive; the number of notified and un-notified visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (30 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has a remit in respect of the financial aspects of pilot training colleges; if amendments to this remit are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25866/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (30 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to introducing a bond for pilot training colleges; if so, the outcome; the reason a bonded system not been introduced; if reports were complied; if so, if they have been published; if not, if he will publish them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25867/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Deaths (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the recording of deaths in which synthetic opiates are used and in which sudden encephalopathy occurs, that is recorded as the cause of death or if the underlying condition is recorded; the guidance provided by the HSE in that context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26190/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if an equality of service consideration is made when service level agreements are entered into in the context of allocation of funds to organisations delivering services to persons with intellectual disabilities; if such criteria are published; the reason service provision varies widely between organisations (details supplied) in the provision of transport...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the engagement her Department had with the ODCE in advance of a case (details supplied); if resources were discussed in the context of that case; the decisions made; if the attention of her Department was drawn to the shredding of documents; if so when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26199/17]

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will refer to the documents that Mr. Barrett received yesterday. I understand he has more documents that we have seen. Is that correct?

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Right. Is Mr. Barrett seeing more information than we have?

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Maybe if we could have a copy of what Mr. Barrett has. At this point we can use the afternoon to take a look and make a comparison. That might be a useful way to proceed.

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Like everyone else has asked, where does one start? I look at all of these checks and balances such as the independent audit committees and internal audit. A structure was put in place to carry out checks and balances and, clearly, that structure did not work. Throughout Mr. Barrett's report that he wrote on 12 October 2016 one repeatedly sees the phrase "lessons to be learned". Heavily,...

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to clear up a number of these things first. I was struck by the idea that Mr. Barrett kept contemporaneous notes, that he referenced some of his meetings with Mr. Ruane, and that the internal auditor sent himself registered material. It is Mr. Barrett and Mr. Kelly who were doing this, is it not? Mr. John Barrett: Well, first of all I must stress, I am a relative newcomer to 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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That strikes me as a self-protection mechanism. Am I correct?

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I refer Mr. Barrett to his report of October 2016. I have written the number 3 on the page as the pages were not numbered. The report states: "I was twice warned that the reference to the books of account for the restaurant, having ‘gone missing’ was a very dangerous reference and that I should be ‘very careful’." Mr. Barrett wrote inverted commas around...

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) (31 May 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will move on to discussing a couple of other things because we will probably come back to some of this matter later on today. I want to ask Mr. Kelly some questions. The restaurant is central to all of this. Was it part of the internal audit?