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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know it myself; it is my constituency. I do not think that the problem is there either. How do we know that everything gets to Thurles? Perhaps the witness could elaborate on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not trying to put the witness on the spot, but there is a possibility there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: In fairness, I will not get into individual cases. I just want to make sure that all of this will be covered as part of this review.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will say that to them and if the individuals in question want to take up the matter then let them do so. I do not, however, intend to use this process for that purpose.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am limited for time. I just wanted to clear those matters up because they were on my mind after reading some things about the system during the week. We now have the figures, though I would have thought we would have had them from the beginning. On the issue of consultancy and controls on the €11 million, we spoke about Accenture and its contracts. Everything that Accenture...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I just want confirmation that this, along with all of the other Accenture contracts, had been tendered for. Accenture is a big supplier to An Garda Síochána. I seek confirmation that nothing was rolled over or continued beyond the duration of the contract that was not tendered for. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did the Department sanction that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is fine then. I have no issues with that. I just wanted to make sure that every single contract, other than the one just mentioned by the witness, was tendered for.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand that. I would be very concerned, however, if they were massive and if there were huge amounts of money involved.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: As long as these circumstances are approved by the Attorney General's office then that is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: Did Accenture ever provide any other services other than IT? Did it ever provide professional development, PR, coaching or interviewing skills to anybody in the organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: There was no coaching, interviewing skills, PR or anything like that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept what the witness is saying. Accenture does IT consultancy and it has never done any coaching or interview skills for anybody within the organisation. That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. I apologise for rushing, but I have a list of questions here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: For a company like Accenture or any similar company which has massive contracts worth tens of millions, would it be appropriate for organisations like that to sponsor major events for the Garda?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not limiting this to just one organisation. I am talking about any organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is the witness saying that this does not happen?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not talking about €20 or €50 or anything like that. I am talking about large events, publications or large gatherings involving the Garda. When it comes to the issue of the management of property, I understood that Deputy Commissioner Ó Cualáin was appointed to put structures in place and a modernisation programme to ensure property was protected. In terms of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: We are talking about how equipment that is valuable to this organisation and is owned by it, such as files, IT equipment, computers or data storage mechanisms. As part of the modernisation process I had understood that Deputy Commissioner Ó Cualáin was put in charge of making sure protocols were put in place to maintain this information in order that none of it could ever go...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am specifically asking about assets. This is the Committee for Public Accounts. It is not always about figures. I am asking about assets.