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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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will move on to Deputy Connolly. Deputy Kelly will get another opportunity.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Who is Mr. Gay Harris?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: 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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will call the officials from the Department of Justice and Equality next. We have received the letter from Mr. Culhane and have the response from Mr. Nugent about the draft audit report. Is it possible to get copies of the letters sent to Mr. Kelly when he sent out the draft report for comments?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am concerned that we are now aware that Mr. Dunne received two extracts. At a previous meeting we saw the full reply from Mr. Culhane on the draft audit report. Unless there is more information of equal or less significance, we do not have the full picture on the responses to the report. Were others involved? That information would help to identify-----

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are requesting the information and do not mind who passes it on. Mr. Nugent can appreciate that we are now aware of two responses to the internal audit report. We are in possession of some information and do not know whether it is complete or partial. We need the full picture on the responses to the internal audit report. It would be unfair of us to draw a conclusion if there are other...

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: While we are on that point, this might be a little difficult, but there has been some confusion today about the extent of the discussion at the audit committee meeting on 30 September about how extensive the briefing was. Mr. Howard has indicated that it was a short briefing, but the minutes indicate to me that there was quite an extensive discussion.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. The minutes do not stack up. If the briefing was very brief, the garda who is the secretary did tremendous work in the set of minutes produced. They are so precise that great notes must have been taken or the person must have been given a document. Was any document presented? From what did the garda prepare the minutes? Would they have had contemporaneous notes? They were very...

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The reason I am asking is that some people are saying the briefing was very short. Mr. Dunne has said it was quite extensive and that is what the minutes show. We cannot know which view is right or where it falls in between. We know that at the subsequent meeting, on which Mr. Ó Cualáin said we needed to follow up, there was a brief discussion as there is a short paragraph on the...

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: For 2016.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: When would Mr. Ó Cualáin have said this to him?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Would that not be a decision for the audit committee?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The report states that in regard to the deputy commissioner strategy on changed management on 29 March 2016, it was requested that an audit be conducted into the Garda College to examine various issues. Was that Mr. Ó Cualáin's request?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Did Mr. Ó Cualáin run that by the audit committee? Who approved the worked programme? Did Mr. Ó Cualáin or the audit committee approve Mr. Kelly's work programme for the year?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: It was approved at the March meeting.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The committee only meets once per quarter, so if it was not approved in December, it was approved in March.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: In order that we have a feel for what happens in the audit committee, approximately how many reports would be done in a year?

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: This was only one of a number of reports done that year.

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: By way of information to be obtained, whether through the finance or audit section, in regard to the report, what we need is more information on the issue than what is in this document. The main chart, which is contained on page 8 of the internal report, is the only financial summary in the report. The final sentence on page 7 of the internal audit report states that the total expenditure...

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) (14 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The figures for 2016 relate to a three-month period. According to the chart, there was a base line cost of €11 million per annum even though there was no training going on in the college.