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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) (31 May 2017)

David Cullinane: Really? Mr. Culhane said, in the same letter of 24 October, "in taking this unusual action to report this matter to you [the Commissioner] I am concerned that you should be aware of the very serious statements made by Mr. Barrett and the implied threat of some unauthorised action on his part which will damage An Garda Síochána". Mr. Culhane goes on to say Mr. Barrett, "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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Culhane cannot just say he made a "general statement". He wrote a letter to the Commissioner and talked about Mr. Barrett in very disparaging terms, about his manner and the way he went about his business. He said his reputation was undermined and there was an implied threat of unauthorised action. He needs to be able to substantiate that today. What did Mr. Culhane mean by "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)

David Cullinane: Mr. Culhane did not trust Mr. Barrett and felt he might go to the press.

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)

David Cullinane: If Mr. Culhane had a concern that the implied threat of some unauthorised action meant going to the press it would suggest issues around trust.

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)

David Cullinane: Did Mr. Barrett go to the press?

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)

David Cullinane: Did you have any intention of going to the press?

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)

David Cullinane: There is a pattern in this and it goes to the heart of whether or not Mr. Culhane did his job. I am trying to figure this out and I am not stating that he did not do his job, merely that we have to examine the issues. In another letter to Mr. Niall Kelly, head of internal audit, of 13 October 2016, Mr. Culhane said Mr. Kelly's report was misleading. Does Mr. Culhane still believe his...

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)

David Cullinane: The report deals with the historical context. It deals with the incomplete report of 2016, the 2008 report, the 2010 report and correspondence between Commissioners and other people. It references Mr. Howard so it does deal with the historical issues. What does Mr. Culhane mean, then, when he says the report was misleading? He goes on to say Mr. Kelly made defamatory comments and...

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)

David Cullinane: I am putting direct questions to you on each of the three words you used. Mr. Culhane used those words, not me. He accused Mr. Kelly of being unprofessional. Does he now wish to withdraw the statement in his letter that he was unprofessional?

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)

David Cullinane: Does Mr. Culhane wish to withdraw today the claim made in his letter that Mr. Kelly's report was unprofessional?

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)

David Cullinane: Mr. Culhane said that Mr. Kelly's report was unprofessional. He also said it was misleading. Does he still hold the view that Mr. Kelly's report was misleading?

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)

David Cullinane: The historical context response does not cut it. I am sick of hearing that from Mr. Culhane in response to every question. I have already explained to him the historic context was dealt with in Mr. Kelly's report. There are two sets of correspondence, one in relation to Mr. Barrett, in which Mr. Culhane attempts to undermine his work, and another in relation to Mr. Kelly, in which he...

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)

David Cullinane: Mr. Culhane has not done that. Perhaps he would now explain how the report was unprofessional, misleading and mischievous.

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)

David Cullinane: My final question is to Mr. Kelly and Mr. Barrett. Does Mr. Kelly believe that the letter in which Mr. Culhane said that his report was unprofessional, misleading and mischievous, and, further, asked him to amend his report, was a direct interference in his work and an attempt to get him to either water down or lessen the content of his 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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

David Cullinane: Did Mr. Barrett have a similar experience?

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)

David Cullinane: Now that Mr. Barrett has seen it, would he have seen it as an attempt to undermine his work?

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)

David Cullinane: Does Mr. Culhane not consider it a serious matter that the head of internal audit and the head of human resources take the same view as me that he was seeking to undermine their work? We talked earlier about the circling of the wagons and, as mentioned by Mr. Culhane, the need to keep matters in-house. Does Mr. Culhane not see that he is part of the problem and that in terms of what he put...

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)

David Cullinane: Mr. Culhane attempted to have Mr. Kelly alter his report. He threatened him with legal action. He said that if Mr. Kelly did not amend his report he would seek legal advice and would take legal action yet he is now telling me that he did not try to interfere with the work of internal audit. It is incredible for him to say that. How can he threaten legal action against the head of internal...

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)

David Cullinane: It should be noted at this point that Mr. Barrett, Mr. Kelly and Mr. Ruane have all said here today that they felt their professionalism was called into question by Mr. Culhane - all three.

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)

David Cullinane: I am saying that should be noted.