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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)
(31 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: One moment, it is not satisfactory-----

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to come here and be hazy and vague.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can they confirm none of those are offshore?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was that a red herring?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Kelly. I read with interest Mr. Howard's letter of 19 April 2017. It was written is as he was, as they say, on the way out the door.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Howard's term was coming to an end. Was it a fixed term?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: It had run its natural course.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: The letter reflects the fact that Mr. Howard left, not on bad terms. Was there a bit of animosity as Mr. Howard was exiting?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Howard writes, "On the contrary, as my term is now concluding, I would have greatly preferred to depart on a more harmonious note".

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, It was not all harmony.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, Mr. Howard writes to the Commissioner as Mr. Howard is leaving his function-----

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----defending the honour of Mr. Kelly against the assertion from Mr. Culhane that his report was "unprofessional, misleading and mischievous - comments that [Mr. Howard asserts] directly call into question the personal motives and integrity of the report's author (Mr. Kelly)".

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, Mr. Howard writes to the Commissioner setting out his stall-----

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and Mr. Howard believes that the accusations are very serious.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Any reasonable person would share that. Mr. Howard writes, "The situation can only be resolved if the assertions made by Mr. Culhane are either unconditionally withdrawn or unambiguously overruled by a superior authority".

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who did Mr. Howard mean by "a superior authority"?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. I am correct in saying that neither happened. There was neither an unambiguous withdrawal nor an overruling by a superior authority.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: What did Mr. Howard do about 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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Mr. Howard contact the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to make it aware that the integrity and standing of the head of audit and, by extension, the internal audit process itself were being challenged in such a direct way by the director of finance or whatever Mr. Culhane's official title is?

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Mr. Howard contact the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General at all on this matter?

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