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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: We have been there.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if exceptions can be made to a Revenue Commissioners rule stating that tax cannot be claimed back for an adapted car for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who had two previous appointments cancelled. [25321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 470. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to send an official from his Department to attend a group's (details supplied) annual conference in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I remind the Deputy that witnesses from the Central Bank are in next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Will Brexit impact on the capital markets, bearing in mind the dominance in that regard of London? On the capital markets unions, CMU, flagship initiative by the EU, what will be the likely outcome of that initiative?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to provide lifesaving medication to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26192/17]

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)

Peter Burke: I have a question about the correspondence that was received yesterday from Michael Culhane to the committee, which is dated 4 March 2011. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Michael Culhane and Mr. Niall Kelly are referenced in it and there is a report into the financial regulation at the Garda College. I presume Mr. Kelly has seen it as his name was on the top of it.

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)

Peter Burke: Mr. Kelly's name is on the top. It looks like it has been sent to him. It says "urgent" and there are three names on the top of it.

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)

Peter Burke: Did Mr. Kelly have sight of that letter?

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)

Peter Burke: I want to evaluate Mr. Kelly's responsibility in both his roles, how he carried out his work and whether he always acted in a way I expect someone in his position to act? The financial review of the Garda College that was issued to the chief administrative officer contains a number of points I am concerned by. Mr. Culhane obviously signed off on it. Mr. Culhane stated in the memo, for want...

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)

Peter Burke: On the date Mr. Culhane wrote that letter, the last audited accounts for the bar were back in 2009. Six or seven years had elapsed where no accounts were presented. How could Mr. Culhane make a statement like that without checking to see where the latest audited accounts were?

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)

Peter Burke: Where did Mr. Culhane get the information from?

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)

Peter Burke: The last audit on that occasion was clear that the cash could not be substantiated and that estimates, essentially, had to be made. Mr. Culhane was writing in a letter to the chief administrative officer, making points that were not correct. Is that good enough in his role?

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)

Peter Burke: One has to check information. I expect someone in Mr. Culhane’s role to check the information. He wrote that an entity was audited when in fact it had not been audited in a number of years. That tells me much about the capacity and how he carries out his role. Where did Mr. Culhane get the information that everything was okay? How did the chain of command break down from where...

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)

Peter Burke: The information was obviously wrong.

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)

Peter Burke: Mr. Culhane did not check correctly when he wrote that letter.

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)

Peter Burke: That was a shortcoming on Mr. Culhane’s behalf. On taxation of the Garda college, Mr. Culhane was in the process of applying for charitable exemption from the Revenue Commissioners for activities in the Garda college. Was that application ever finalised? Did the college get charitable status from the Revenue Commissioners?

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)

Peter Burke: I want to make it clear now. Mr. Culhane stated the Garda college was seeking confirmation from the Revenue Commissioners that it is entitled to charitable exemption whereby, in the event of surplus funds being generated, that these are not subject to tax and ultimately applied for charitable purposes in the furtherance of educational objectives. That is not clear. Mr. Culhane said that...

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)

Peter Burke: Up to €1.5 million per annum is going into this restaurant account. It is then divvied out to various entities and structures, about which we are still not clear. Mr. Culhane wrote to the chief administrative officer looking for tax exemption status for these activities and surplus funds accrued from, in some cases, from investment income.