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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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: He had asked that remarks or allegations made impugning the reputation of the internal auditor either be withdrawn by the head of finance, Mr. Culhane, or that a superior authority intervene to overturn them. We questioned the Commissioner at length on this today. She told us that her response was to seek legal advice. We await further clarification on those matters. Can I ask Ms Feehily...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That was-----

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is very wise. Mr. Ruane, the head of legal affairs, advised the Commissioner to make a section 41 disclosure on this entire debacle. She did not do that. I want to ask Mr. Waters two questions. First, should the Commissioner have done that in accordance with the 2005 Act? A simple "Yes" or "No" will suffice. Second, how is such a disclosure made?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is there any other way to make such a disclosure?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Waters is clearly an experienced civil servant. Is it standard practice, in his experience, that a disclosure is made in writing? That would strike me as the way to make it but I am just checking.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the purposes of the record, I want it noted that the Commissioner insinuated that there are myriad ways in which such a disclosure can be made. I thought that sounded rather odd but let the record reflect what was said. With the benefit of having some sight of this mess, this absolute chaotic, shambolic mess that has undoubtedly brought reputational damage to An Garda Síochána...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----ought a section 41 disclosure have been made?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not want to hear that; I want the witness to answer my question.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Waters for his answer. I just want to say that I am alarmed that this is the manner of his work. I am alarmed that this is the mentality and the approach within the Department of Justice and Equality. We are looking at a big, shambolic mess. The interim report that Mr. Waters now accepts is not about unorthodox practices. It states, categorically and clearly, that there 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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not asking Mr. Waters to do that. I am asking him to put himself in the place of the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality of this State. If we, as a committee, can conclude nothing else, it is surely - to state the blindingly obvious - that the Department ought to have been informed and that the Garda Síochána Act 2005 ought to have been complied with...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The information was known in 2008 and the Department was not told.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is Mr. Waters okay with that? Should he be in that chair? Is he okay with 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) (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is a report to testify to that. The only person who talks openly about this is Mr. Barry McGee, who wrote the report in 2008. Nobody else knew anything. It is astonishing.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if adjustments companies such as a company (details supplied) are required to facilitate the special needs of the disabled; the State measures which exist to discourage excessively aggressive claim management by loss adjusters and insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28724/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 388. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if payments under the 1984 Civil Service spouses' and children's superannuation scheme are compulsory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are exemptions under the 1984 Civil Service spouses' and children's superannuation scheme depending on marital status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are exemptions under the 1984 Civil Service spouses' and children's superannuation scheme depending on parental status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 703. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26530/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1119. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided a date for surgery in Cappagh hospital. [26951/17]