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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: I agree with that recommendation. I welcome that Mr. Beausang's letter responds to the concerns in our letter. We ended up in a situation where we had the draft report, which was redacted with all the conclusions left out. Essentially, all we got was the context, the terms of reference and so on. We did not get any of the conclusions or recommendations that would have formed part of that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: That was in response to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: From your report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: They separate them out. In fairness to Mr. Beausang's letter, the Department accepts that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report was a very narrow focus and that the McCloone report was a much wider review. Notwithstanding whatever response the Department gets back in response to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report the other issues stand. One of the last things that Dr....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: I am recommending it. This benefits everybody. It will benefit the research institutes, the governing body, the president of the institute and all those people who came forward. I stress again that 50 people engaged in that report but different opinions were expressed as part of that engagement. There were different views on what was happening within the institute so for everybody's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: An investigator.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: The review arose out of our deliberations on this issue. The Eversheds Sutherland report states that there may be issues of bogus self-employment and that RTÉ must engage with the individuals involved. It is only last week that the process of meeting some of those staff members began, which is frustrating for the people involved. There are issues still to be resolved in this matter....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: My concern is that RTÉ could accept on a non-prejudice basis that there was an issue and simply move people onto new contracts, sidestepping the fact this was potentially done intentionally and there was a practice within the organisation to have people on bogus self-employment contracts. If that was the case, it was an illegal practice and, second, there are taxation and Revenue...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: However, I understand Revenue undertook a review into the tax affairs of certain consultants.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2019)
David Cullinane: To protect the committee, I wish to clarify that we are not saying there was such practice taking place in RTÉ, but there are allegations from several staff members that there was and that it was done deliberately, which is what led to this examination. We want the facts to be established. If it is established that there was intentional practice to that effect, there are consequences...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. Harris and wish him well in his role. Unfortunately, we have had a high turnover of Garda Commissioners and Ministers for Justice and Equality, and much of that was down to cultural and organisational issues we had in an Garda Síochána, as I am sure Mr. Harris is aware. We are hoping the changes that were promised are being delivered, and some...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Nugent for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: We hope not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: I welcome that Mr. Harris put a heavy emphasis in his opening statement on his responsibility as the Accounting Officer in relation to financial governance. That would be warmly welcomed by this committee because it is our core function, but I imagine he would also put the same emphasis on his responsibility in relation to transparency, good governance and accountability. In that vein, GSOC...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: Mr. Harris obviously is on the opposite end of the argument if GSOC is saying that it finds it impossible to do its job, which is to hold An Garda Síochána accountable, and there is a difficulty from its perspective. Mr. Harris might have a different perspective, but GSOC is the independent body and it took a lot for it to come out and say in the very clear, stark terms it did that...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: I accept Mr. Harris's response, but while he may see those things as achievable, GSOC obviously has a concern that they are not being achieved or delivered. I would like to move on to the related issue of accountability. Yesterday, Mr. Harris made reference to the setting up of an anti-corruption unit, which on the face of it looks like the Garda investigating the Garda. Did Mr. Harris...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: Is it about gardaí investigating gardaí?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: It is not missing the point to say that in seeking out corruption it is international best practice for the work not to be done by people within the force but by an independent body. As GSOC is the independent body, why did the Garda not use its remit? Why did it set up an internal structure in which gardaí would investigate gardaí?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 7 - Management of Overtime Expenditure in An Garda Síochána (9 May 2019) David Cullinane: Mr. Harris is talking about a co-operative approach.