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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: In the letter Mr. Barrett sent to Mr. Kelly dated 12 October 2016, it states that a suggestion was made that recommendations in Mr. Kelly's report could or should be varied by the Commissioner and the executive. Who suggested that the Commissioner might vary 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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017) David Cullinane: In the letter Mr. Barrett sent to Mr. Kelly dated 12 October 2016, he cites concerns about information deliberately and systemically kept outside the purview of the statutory audit committee and said that a suggestion was made that recommendations in Mr. Kelly's report could or should be varied by the Commissioner and the executive.
- 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: What Mr. Barrett said goes to the heart of these issues. He referenced internal guard dogs "not barking" and said that withholding information appeared to have been co-ordinated. He said that denying information to internal audit could only have happened if it was supported by senior Garda management. This is a very serious accusation. He goes on to say these practices were not just...
- 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: He said in a previous note that there was a co-ordinated attempt to deny information. This smacks of a conspiracy.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: She is a disgrace, the Minister of State is right.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: My question is on the same matter.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: No, it is the same issue. The last time I raised this issue was a number of weeks ago when the Minister was in the Chamber. He said there was some agreement with the TUI and that he hoped he could progress the Bill. He might be aware that since then, Waterford Institute of Technology has gone into a three-year cost recovery programme and there are ongoing negotiations with trade unions...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made in costing a return to a single tier pay structure across the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The Minister will know that on several occasions I have attempted to get a costing on returning the public service to a single tier pay structure. He will also know it is an issue I have raised with him several time. I wish all sides well in the current pay talks, and it is one of the issues I would imagine has been raised, but has the Minister's Department made any progress on costing a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I welcome the fact this is the first time we have got a figure on this from the Department. Obviously, much work has been done on this. We wanted this for last year's alternative budget process but, unfortunately, the information was not available. I understand there are many competing demands in the current pay talks and I genuinely wish all sides well. I want to see a fair pay deal and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Pardon?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I respectfully say to the Minister that, when examining this, the fact it is a barrier to recruitment should not be the principal issue he should consider. The point is that it is simply unfair. In some areas in the public services we are finding it difficult to recruit. We can all give examples of hospitals across the State where we simply cannot recruit nurses. The Minister will be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's objectives regarding public sector pensions in view of the current pay talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: This question relates to the objectives of the Department and Minister in respect of public sector pensions, in view of the current pay talks. I note that the commission on public sector pay has raised the issue of pensions. It is a red herring that has been injected into pay talks and is potentially being used as leverage by the Government side in respect of issues relating to pay...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: The Alliance of Retired Public Servants recently posted a startling fact, namely, that around 4,000 retired public sector pensioners pass on every year. The cuts in pensions was one of the cruellest of many cruel cuts over the past number of years. The Minister said an effort was made to restore some of those cuts, and there has been, but it has been too slow for many retired public...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: It is not brief. We have a set time for questions. The Minister has given his response.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will not take lectures from the Minister about hollow rhetoric, that is for sure. I do not promise people everything. If the Minister had bothered to read the submission document I sent to him in respect of our proposals on public sector pay, he would see that we said it was not possible to unwind all of the FEMPI cuts in one go or in one round of pay...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2017)
David Cullinane: I accept that.