Results 9,601-9,620 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: It is a public record. We should write to them formally and let them know that we are unhappy that they were not upfront with us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I am not talking about the rent. I am talking about when it came before us. It took several weeks of correspondence to get the information, which is unacceptable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I wonder if there is any training from PR companies to dodge questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Had we requested this particular information from Mr. Barrett?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Did he just send this information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I just want to be clear on this. We are hoping to finalise a report. Is it the case then that any information or documentation that we get, be it from Mr. Barrett or from anyone else, cannot be tested from this point on?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: We will come back to this issue again because the report is for module one. I just want to be clear about the status of any documentation that we get at this point. Claims may be made that need to be either substantiated or examined. Is it the case that it is not possible for us to do so at this point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: We sought a lot of correspondence from An Garda Síochána and we have now received some from Mr.Nugent. This correspondence is, unfortunately, still coming in to us now, at the 11th hour. They know that we are up against the clock and that we have to get a report out. It strikes me that An Garda Síochána is waiting until the very last minute to give us the information we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: My quick observation of this correspondence that has come in about Mr. Culhane is that it contains a lot of withdrawals and retractions. This is to be welcomed on one level but cannot take away from any perceived failures in process and procedures. Retractions and withdrawals can be noted but we are dealing with what happened in real time. This needs to stated clearly. We can welcome and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: What of the information that we sought and have yet to receive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Can I just ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I will make one brief point. I am assuming that we have no power of sanction over an Accounting Officer. If he or she is not co-operating with us or giving us information, is it simply that we note it in a report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: It is interesting that the language Mr. Niall Kelly, head of internal audit, used when he was in before was of a pattern of withholding information and non-co-operation with him. I am afraid that we are experiencing the same problem here. It has to be noted that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Having said that, we are still getting it very late in the day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I think it should be noted that we are a long time into this issue. The Committee on Justice and Equality has dealt with the issue already. At that point, it was expected that there would be answers to questions. Here we are months later. We had scheduled the meeting but the report is still not complete, which means that the public still does not have answers to those questions as to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: That is the point. It will be during the recess. Before the Committee of Public Accounts or any other committee looks at it, it will be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: -----September or October.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: It is very convenient.