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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: 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...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: I asked the Minister if he believed it is an acceptable practice for the Secretary General of his Department to be able to keep stores or supplies of alcohol, such as champagne or whatever, in a drawer in his office that he could hand out to visiting dignitaries without any checks, balances or protocols because he had purchased it himself. I do not think that is an acceptable practice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: The evidence states they were being kept as gifts. Now the Minister is saying they were for personal consumption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: What did the Minister say? Was it for personal use?
- 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 not accurate comment. I did not try to shift any ground.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Those are the Chairman's personal views.
- 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 Mr. Burgess doing with alcohol, specifically three bottles of champagne or whatever it was, in a drawer in his workplace?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: It is not an allegation. I am entitled to my views on the deletion of the tweet, the failure to raise the matter in any capacity with the then Secretary General and the decision to only initiate an internal review after this perceived cover-up was exposed some 18 months after the event.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: May I ask some questions without consistent interruptions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Is that considered normal practice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
John Brady: Is the Mr. Hackett furnished with a Visa card or anything like that? Was his predecessor, Mr. Burgess?