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Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I wish to ask one more question.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have one final question for the head of human resources, Mr. Barrett, and it relates to this exact question. When it comes to the reopening of this station, there is an obvious resources implication and the assistant commissioner has said as much. As Mr. Ó Cualáin said the last day in respect of the criteria set, it was one issue about which local Garda management must have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: For the record, the HR director has said he was not consulted in any way, shape or form. How can An Garda Síochána make a decision to reopen one Garda station, in Stepaside, on the basis of the second interim report when the assistant commissioner says it was not a priority in the allocation of personnel, while the head of HR says he was not consulted in any way, shape or form?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: It may get to the time for them to be reviewed again.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman. I am sorry but most of my questions will be in the form of a quickfire round because I have only got ten minutes and then I must go to the Dáil Chamber to discuss related matters. In terms of the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, we heard the last time that there were a number of people who worked in An Garda Síochána who failed to meet...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I asked the acting Garda Commissioner.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I ask the acting Garda Commissioner to be responsible for it. Why can the acting Garda Commissioner not answer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. I am trying to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Has An Garda Síochána done everything to ensure that? Has an email gone out to everyone to ask if everything has been done in relation to the Standards in Public Office Commission, if they are compliant and if they are retrospectively compliant?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: An Garda Síochána is not just a normal organisation. It is the protector of law in this State. Is there an awareness, at this moment in time in this State today, of anyone ever not complying with this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is Mr. Nugent speaking on behalf of An Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have taken it on the record that An Garda Síochána has done everything in this regard, that nobody has ever been non-compliant and that no action was ever taken.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Has Mr. Nugent exhausted everything?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Maybe Mr. Nugent could send another email around. On the second issue, I will direct my query directly to the acting Garda Commissioner. During our initial hearings in respect of the Garda College in Templemore, the committee heard that there was a lot of toing and froing around a meeting on 27 July, the duration of which the Commissioner was not sure and around which time the issues in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Surely it would not be unusual, considering that many committee members here have asked for the document. Has the acting Garda Commissioner not already thought about releasing it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: I do not see any reason that document cannot be released. With regard to risk and training, it is fair to say that there is a whole new process for senior management in An Garda Síochána and there has been a sweeping of the decks around processes, changes and quality control, etc. Many of the internal processes have been changed. We have looked at the recommendations and An...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Ó Cualáin put in place a risk framework in relation to telecommunications to make sure that mobile telephones that are the property of the State and are being used by An Garda Síochána personnel are appropriately managed and maintained.