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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Legally, however, it is money that will come to the public.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: That is all the more reason this committee should have confidence that it is being managed.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: If Apple owed us many millions, we would want it in an escrow account. The Comptroller and Auditor General would want to know it was being invested correctly and so on. There is a much bigger piece of work for the Department of justice, but also for the public accounts committee, to examine how almost €40 million of potentially public money is being stored.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I accept the Commissioner's bona fides. The transparency piece is the important part.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am being careful because I do not want to ask about the details of it for obvious reasons, as the deputy commissioner said. Can the Garda satisfy the risk of the storage of that cash?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of getting everybody in before we go. I remind members they each have three minutes for questions and answers. They should leave time for the witnesses to answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps the Commissioner can provide those later.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: There will be one final round of three minutes for me. We will have the Commissioner out by 1 p.m. To return to the incident in Carlow and the controlled delivery operations prior to that, I presume in a operation like this at some level in An Garda Síochána there is an assessment of risk and of the resources that might be required to address that risk. Will the Commissioner...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Is the Commissioner in a position to say how many people were involved in the overall operation?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: You have hit the nub of the question. We have approached it as if it is either an organised crime or a terrorist-type operation where these controlled deliveries often take place. What many in the public are asking is whether that was an appropriate use of resources for the risk that was outlined. I know it has been suggested that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: We do not know what the consequential impact of any incident is, to be fair, Commissioner. The point is significant resources seem to have been deployed to restore to the gardaí the controlled delivery which they had delivered. The question is whether the threat could have been addressed without the controlled delivery.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: Go raibh maith agat, Commissioner. That concludes our engagement today with An Garda Síochána. I thank the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Drew Harris, and his officials from An Garda Síochána for attending here today. As it is likely to be the Commissioner’s last attendance before the Committee on Public Accounts, I also acknowledge the contribution he has made to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: The agenda for today is as follows: the accounts and statements; correspondence; our work programme; and any other business. There is one set of accounts and financial statements that was laid between 16 and 20 June 2025 and is due to be considered today. I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to introduce it before opening the floor to members.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: As members have no questions for the Comptroller and Auditor General on the matter, we will proceed to correspondence. Correspondence issued between 5 and 12 June was issued to committee members in advance. We will address one, No. R0165, which is seeking to clarify the attendance of HIQA at a public accounts committee hearing. The committee has agreed to request the attendance of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the current emergency oncology resources at the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 44. To ask the Minister for Health to provide waiting lists and times for ten-day emergency oncology appointments at the Mater Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the implementation of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on investment commitments for the upgrading of Dalymount Stadium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34886/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Jun 2025)

Paul McAuliffe: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns (details supplied) in relation to imminent changes to the senior cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34849/25]