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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) Catherine Connolly: Is it correct that at one point it went to An Garda Síochána and it took the money for that land?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: It is now back under the remit of the Office of Public Works.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: And has the Office of Public Works received the money that An Garda Síochána received for that rent?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: An Garda Síochána, to be fair to it, wrote to the Office of Public Works in 2008 about the arrangement. There does not appear to be any response in the records. Did the witnesses clarify or check this before coming into this meeting?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: And making use of the money, legitimately, as it saw it.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: The Office of Public Works did not respond to the letter.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: Is that acceptable?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: The Comptroller and Auditor General has identified gaps in the oversight of State land and has made recommendations in how to deal with this in future. Will Mr. Bourke say how he responds to that recommendation or to the deficit the Comptroller and Auditor General identified in the management of State lands, particularly in the context of the farm.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: I know that. What is the Office of Public Works doing about it? How is the Office of Public Works responding?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: I read the Office of Public Works response. It is saying that there is normally no difficulty -----
- 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) Catherine Connolly: I have the greatest of respect for the Office of Public Works, there is a vital role for it but a gap has been identified here. The Office of Public Works did not respond in 2008. Money was received and used legitimately, according to An Garda Síochána. The gap was on the part of the Office of Public Works. There has been a recommendation that the Office of Public Works actively...
- 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) Catherine Connolly: When will that be in place?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: That farm was bought. It is obviously a very valuable asset in terms of strategic planning. There was a plan for it which did not happen. Has the Office of Public Works a role in examining that? The land was bought for a specific purpose which has not been brought to fruition. Perhaps if it had happened, and we had a centre of excellence, we may not have had the amount of difficulties we...
- 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) Catherine Connolly: What is the plan and its timescale?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: It is certainly best practice, I accept that. I am asking what is the timeframe for it.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, I am watching my time. The golf course is 37 acres and is owned by the Office of Public Works.
- 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) Catherine Connolly: Where are we in relation to that? Various gaps have been identified by the Comptroller and Auditor General on that, that a lease was given, there was no discussion with the Office of Public Works, there was no consideration given to buying back the lease. All of that has been identified. What is the current position in relation to the golf course, in relation to back payment of the money...
- 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) Catherine Connolly: Can Mr. Nugent say how much is due?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: When was the last time any money was paid?
- 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) Catherine Connolly: I want to clarify this. Sportsfield Company has property, that property must be transferred back, and then the Sportsfield Company will be wound up which was one of the strong recommendations of the report.