Results 11,841-11,860 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: It is Mr. O'Driscoll's job to ensure there is accommodation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: It is also his job to make sure we have a sufficient number of reception centres and accommodation premises for people. Good planning would ensure that is the case. If we end up in the position where we have a rapid increase in emergency accommodation, that is down to either bad planning or some other reason. I am trying to establish the reason for it. In simple terms, what is the reason...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: I do not like to interrupt when Mr. O'Driscoll is responding to my questions but if there has been a massive increase in demand then he has to prove that that is the case. Can he provide us with the data which point to where in recent times there has been an unexpected increase in demand such that the Department has not been in a position to meet people's needs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: I am speaking about an increase above where the number would have been for the previous six months, 12 months or two years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: The question Mr. O'Driscoll has not answered is why there is difficulty in finding new premises. If he cannot answer the question now, he can forward a detailed note on it to the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: Mr. O'Driscoll's initial response to my question regarding the 526 people who are homeless was not that there was an increase in demand but that we do not have the accommodation for them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: The internal audit of any Department or organisation is important for the Committee of Public Accounts because internal audit can examine issues where there might be wrongdoing or a lapse in procedures, governance and so on. I am aware that the Department carried out an investigation into claims that almost €90,000 in funding was misused by a non-government body working in the sexual...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: Can the committee get a copy of the audit report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: The audit reports into Templemore, for example, were all furnished to this committee to allow us to be able to establish whether there needs to be changes in procedures and practices. We have very lengthy discussions with the auditors on those issues and with auditors of other Departments. The audit function is very important. It helps the committee to do its work. I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: That action arises from the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: It does not matter how many phases there are. Internal audit is independent of Mr. O'Driscoll and simply reports to him on facts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019) David Cullinane: There is no reason we cannot receive a copy of a report with the facts. I do not know what Mr. O'Driscoll and internal audit will do as a next step; it may well seek to carry out a further examination, while Mr. O'Driscoll might have to act on foot of the audit report, but that is entirely different. I suggest Mr. O'Driscoll reflect on this and if he can, he should give us a copy of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (2 Apr 2019)
David Cullinane: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for an update on their application of certificate of citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15195/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 Apr 2019)
David Cullinane: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Irish nationality for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15027/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare (2 Apr 2019)
David Cullinane: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to enforce laws regarding animal welfare; the number of prosecutions relating to abuses of animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: I am not sure about the wisdom or the need for us to go on site. What is the date we had pencilled in to have the Department come back in with the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: It makes sense from our perspective that we wait until the PwC report is concluded.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: Obviously, people have different views on the report and whether it was the appropriate mechanism to establish the facts but it is the mechanism that has been used and it is fair to everybody - the Department, the board and even the members of this committee. Let us see what the report states. If we do not, we will bring them in and they will just say that they have to wait until the report...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: We will be wasting our time. It is probably best that we postpone that meeting until the report is concluded and reasonable time is given to allow us and them to discuss the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: That makes sense.