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- 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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: Are we agreeing then on the proviso that we would have had reasonable sight of the report-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: -----within a reasonable timeframe before that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: Yes. I do not think there is any value for money in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: Can we group three items of correspondence together?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: There are items Nos. 2064, 2065 and 2074 which is a very lengthy letter received from Professor Donnelly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: I will first establish the facts because the correspondence raises a number of issues beyond Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT, in terms of process and how we conduct our work. The Higher Education Authority, HEA, has produced a report on the governance of intellectual property, which we welcome. It is a national overview and a review of policy. We also received a report from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: So it raised concerns but did that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
David Cullinane: So the memo was sent to the vice president and it raised concerns. Was it indicated in that memo that it should go higher up the chain?