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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: What does that mean?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Have they been sanctioned? Or have they just had a word in their ear that they made a mistake? I am asking if anybody was properly held to account for carrying out what were very deliberate actions, particularly bearing in mind that the former Commissioner was of the view that these were very grave issues, which we all accept. Was anybody formally sanctioned in any way? Were any punitive...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: The acting Commissioner's predecessors operated as Accounting Officers in the organisation but prior to 2006 this role came under the Department of Justice. Can Ms Barry confirm this? Is she here on behalf of the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I signalled this earlier: can we put my previous exchange with the Secretary General up on the screen? I was asking questions about accounts that had been signed off by previous Accounting Officers. We had, for example, the transfer of €100,000 to the golf club that took place between 2000 and 2003. Am I correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: We were unclear as to where that money came from; some of it might have come from voted expenditure. In his testimony before this committee, Mr. Barrett said that accounts might potentially have been compromised over a long period of time. Taking that into account then, what sanction was taken against any individuals in the Department for failings on their part?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: We know all of that. I asked whether anybody has been in any way held to account or whether any sanction has been taken against any individual.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I can see how it might arise, but Ms Barry's answer is no. Is she aware that a 2014 report into the Department mentioned a closed, secretive culture? She is. It talked about significant leadership and management problem and stated that "the Review Group found the culture of the Department to be closed and unnecessarily secretive"; that it was "an inward-looking organisation with limited...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Could the Department send us a detailed note on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I come back to Mr. Barrett, who was absent when I asked the question. Mr. Barrett said when he appeared here before that it was his view that accounts might potentially have been compromised. He may or may not have actually used the word "potentially". Does he remember saying that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: How far do those compromised accounts go back?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Generally across the signing off of accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I point out to Ms Barry that the head of human resources at An Garda Síochána is saying that accounts were signed off on that were potentially compromised. I have already questioned acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin over his responsibility as an Accounting Officer. It is unfortunate that we do not have the Accounting Officer from the Department here today but Ms Barry can...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: They are closed off then and nobody is held to account.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: That is also my understanding. My understanding is that nobody has been held to account in the Department, who simply closes the matter, and nobody is held to account in An Garda Síochána. I do not find this acceptable. My final question concerns the recommendations in the internal auditor's report. Mr. Kelly recommends here that the bar remain closed and the space be put to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Can I also ask acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin to confirm that management's response was that this recommendation would be put forward for the consideration of the steering committee? That is what it says here. Is that correct? Or perhaps Mr. Nugent could answer me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: This says that it will be considered by the steering committee. Has it been considered?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Why not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Why not just accept the recommendation? It is a very explicit recommendation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: What criteria would be used?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: There were no bars in other institutions that were subject to lengthy discussions at the Committee of Public Accounts and that have been linked to financial irregularities in their own organisations. It is a clear and explicit recommendation from an internal audit that this bar be closed, remain closed, and the space put to a different use. Why was this recommendation not accepted?