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Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: It was not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I want to ask about the process and the costs. I am not going to ask anything about the Charleton inquiry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have deep concern about this liaison unit and how it was formulated, how sanction was given for it and how it was funded. For the benefit of the Chair, I asked parliamentary questions on 20 June, 26 July and on 14 November on the process by which this unit came into place, how authority was given for it to be put in place, how it was funded and how its members were sourced. I am...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: When were the people approached to enter the unit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Who gave the oral sanction?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Who in the Department of Justice gave oral sanction?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Written sanction was given on 5 May. How were people hired before written sanction?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Secretary General give oral sanction for these people to be hired?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: What documentation was that sanction based on?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Was anything sent to Mr. Waters in writing by An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Sorry, I could not hear what was said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Commissioner rang Mr. Waters, he gave oral sanction on 21 May. On 27 May-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Sorry, on 27 February-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: -----she wrote to Mr. Waters.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Approval was only given by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 5 May. In the interim a whole pile of people were hired before the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform gave sanction. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is it normal for Mr. Waters to give oral sanction like that before getting approval?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: On how many occasions?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Give me an example of a precedent by which this would have been done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can Mr. Waters think of a precedent when he did this for something similar?