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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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: We will give the Commissioner that time.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: The Deputy was not here at the beginning.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: No. I understand-----
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: Deputy Aylward, we had a discussion in private session. You were not here for it. Maybe-----
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: No, it is not. I am just telling the Deputy what happened. It was a decision of the committee. It was not my decision. I have a final two very quick ones. When asked about when Mr. Barrett looked for correspondence relating to the letter in which Mr. Culhane had cited the Official Secrets Act, the Commissioner gave evidence, in fairness to her, that absolutely no investigation was ever...
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: The Commissioner might come back to us. This is my last question. We have had a serious number of questions asked about how funds were distributed and used etc. I presume the Commissioner is not aware-----
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: Fine. Was the Commissioner aware of any of the funds? She was in Templemore. She might remind me of when she was superintendent. Was it around 2000?
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: In 2000.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: The Commissioner was there again subsequently, in 2007-ish, as assistant commissioner.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: Fair enough. However, during all of this time, she was never aware of any issues relating to Templemore, any issues relating to any accounts or any issues whatsoever. She was not aware of any unauthorised spending, spending on inappropriate gifts or spending on anything that was inappropriate during all of that time.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: As part of being acting Commissioner and Commissioner, she was aware that a company was set up and, since she became acting Commissioner and then Commissioner, that there were bank accounts in the names of senior gardaí. When did she become aware of those 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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: They were both issues that were illegal. A garda could not be a director of a company and, obviously, could not be opening bank accounts. We had evidence whereby they actually opened bank accounts without the permission of the Department of Justice and Equality. What did the Commissioner think of 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: I call Deputy Cassells.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: I call Deputy McDonald. We will be taking a lunch break afterwards.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: What is the reference number on the top of the 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: Final question, Deputy.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: We need to conclude.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: We will break until 2.30 p.m. I put the witness and her colleagues on notice that they may be required for the evening session at 7 p.m. We are here from 2.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. when we will see how matters are progressing.
- 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) (20 Jun 2017) Alan Kelly: We are now in public session. The next speaker on the list is Deputy Peter Burke, but as he is not present, I call Deputy MacSharry.