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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: This is about the double standards in terms of transparency and I am asking about the Minister's rationale. To finish-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: I will conclude with the Minister before I address the Secretary General.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Does the Minister acknowledge that he was wrong in his attempts to cover up, in my mind-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: -----what was a serious breach of Covid restrictions within his Department? The deletion of the tweet and the fact that the Minister did not raise it with the then Secretary General was, in my view, a cover-up. What made him after 18 months move to have an internal review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: I am not asking any questions. I am just saying-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Does the Minister agree that he was wrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Does the Minister believe he was wrong in trying to keep the lid on this issue until the media got hold of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: I have some brief questions for the current Secretary General.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Yes. Who paid for the alcohol that was consumed at the party?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Is there a payment record for the champagne or whatever beverage was consumed on the night?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Did Mr. Hackett seek information to establish when it was purchased, as part of his review?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Nothing like that would have been put on them. Any transactions like that come under the freedom of information process. I am sure any transactions from that period could be furnished to the committee if it requested them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Okay. Does it arise that the Secretary General would be reimbursed from State coffers for the purchase of gifts such as this or alcohol for visiting guests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: These were personal things. Was the intention to give them to visitors or dignitaries or what was the purpose?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: That was not explored. What protocols are in place governing the purchase and offering of gifts such as these to visitors to the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: There would not be official guidance for the Secretary General handing out gifts within the Department to visiting dignitaries or people like that. There would not be guidance for him on how to act as an individual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Mr. Hackett thinks it might be acceptable for the Secretary General within the Department to be handing out gifts to visiting dignitaries in his own capacity without-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: I am trying to establish the purpose of the alcohol within the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: That is a version. The Secretary General has informed us that he was solely looking at the date in question. He did not establish when the alcohol was purchased, why it was purchased or anything like that. I suggest that the alcohol was purchased specifically for the event on the night. That is what I am trying to establish. Is the Secretary General of the Department allowing gifts like...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Does the Minister think it acceptable that the Secretary General within his Department would or could be handing out gifts in his own personal capacity to visiting dignitaries, with no checks or balances or without protocol being in place to record it? I find it bizarre and, to be honest, I do not believe it was the position on the day in question. Does the Minister believe that it would be...