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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Principal contractors can be very small. From working in a small practice, I know that some of them can operate on a very small scale and would come under the RCT system, even if only for short periods sometimes. I believe in probity and ensuring everything is right. A self-correcting period could be helpful. It would give people a little window of opportunity when making returns to say...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: Is there a mandatory fine?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank Mr. Cody for his reply.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (1 Jun 2017)

Peter Burke: 18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the review of the capital plan will occur; and if key preliminary projects will be prioritised such as the extension of the N4 from Mullingar to Rooskey and the provision of a motorway serving County Longford and the north west. [26100/17]

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I have a question about the correspondence that was received yesterday from Michael Culhane to the committee, which is dated 4 March 2011. The Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Michael Culhane and Mr. Niall Kelly are referenced in it and there is a report into the financial regulation at the Garda College. I presume Mr. Kelly has seen it as his name was on the top of it.

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Mr. Kelly's name is on the top. It looks like it has been sent to him. It says "urgent" and there are three names on the top of it.

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Did Mr. Kelly have sight of that letter?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I want to evaluate Mr. Kelly's responsibility in both his roles, how he carried out his work and whether he always acted in a way I expect someone in his position to act? The financial review of the Garda College that was issued to the chief administrative officer contains a number of points I am concerned by. Mr. Culhane obviously signed off on it. Mr. Culhane stated in the memo, for want...

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: On the date Mr. Culhane wrote that letter, the last audited accounts for the bar were back in 2009. Six or seven years had elapsed where no accounts were presented. How could Mr. Culhane make a statement like that without checking to see where the latest audited accounts were?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Where did Mr. Culhane get the information from?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: The last audit on that occasion was clear that the cash could not be substantiated and that estimates, essentially, had to be made. Mr. Culhane was writing in a letter to the chief administrative officer, making points that were not correct. Is that good enough in his role?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: One has to check information. I expect someone in Mr. Culhane’s role to check the information. He wrote that an entity was audited when in fact it had not been audited in a number of years. That tells me much about the capacity and how he carries out his role. Where did Mr. Culhane get the information that everything was okay? How did the chain of command break down from where...

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: The information was obviously wrong.

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Mr. Culhane did not check correctly when he wrote that letter.

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: That was a shortcoming on Mr. Culhane’s behalf. On taxation of the Garda college, Mr. Culhane was in the process of applying for charitable exemption from the Revenue Commissioners for activities in the Garda college. Was that application ever finalised? Did the college get charitable status from the Revenue Commissioners?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I want to make it clear now. Mr. Culhane stated the Garda college was seeking confirmation from the Revenue Commissioners that it is entitled to charitable exemption whereby, in the event of surplus funds being generated, that these are not subject to tax and ultimately applied for charitable purposes in the furtherance of educational objectives. That is not clear. Mr. Culhane said that...

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Up to €1.5 million per annum is going into this restaurant account. It is then divvied out to various entities and structures, about which we are still not clear. Mr. Culhane wrote to the chief administrative officer looking for tax exemption status for these activities and surplus funds accrued from, in some cases, from investment income.

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: That is not stated in the letter that it was in respect of that company. While Mr. Culhane is checking the documentation, I will turn to Mr. Niall Kelly. Has he any private sector experience in auditing?

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) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: If Mr. Kelly was doing accounts for a large entity, what is the first part of the process?