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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why did Mr. O'Callaghan not insist?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. O'Callaghan think it was appropriate that the internal auditor was not sitting on the committee that the Department started in October, that was established in July?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: So Mr. O'Callaghan does not believe that the internal auditor should have been on the committee even though he felt he should have been on it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not saying it was the Department's call. Mr. Waters should hold on a second. I did not say it was the Department's call. My question was very specific as to whether any concerns were voiced that the internal auditor was not on the committee or that he had not been told or information had not been sent to the internal auditor, and that these issues had not been brought to his...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: How often did the steering group meetings take place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Was it every month or two months?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: The internal auditors were not told until sometime in late March.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is that not just insane? Although it is a different Vote and a different Accounting Officer, ultimately for the Vote and finances of the Garda college the buck stops with the Accounting Officer of the Garda Síochána but the layer up in terms of the parent and child rule is that the Department is responsible. Was that not incredible?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Waters believe the Commissioner should have notified the Department of the issues in relation to Templemore before she did?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: No, I asked Mr. Waters a specific question. It is a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: If Mr. Waters is refusing to answer the question, that is fine, but does he believe, as the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, that the Garda Commissioner should have notified him, the Department or the Minister, whichever way he wants to take it - those entities collectively - before she did?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Could Mr. Waters please answer the question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not asking Mr. Waters to recreate. It is a very simple question. Mr. Waters either believes that she should have notified him before she did or he does not.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am not. I am entitled to ask questions and as Secretary General of the Department I expect Mr. Waters to answer them to the best of his ability. I will repeat the question one last time. Mr. Waters should consider how he answers it. Does he believe the Garda Commissioner should have notified him before she did? Does he accept that the time gap, which is considerable, is acceptable?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will just have it minuted.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am just finishing up. I raised those issues in the Dáil on 12 April. In the contributions last week no witness from the Garda or the Department was aware of that contribution. That is incredible.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I asked the question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: No. I asked the question. I read the transcript.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I will take Mr. O'Callaghan's word for that. To be fair, I did not see him. This is my last question and it relates to that issue. On 12 April I raised very specific questions in the Chamber, many of which were raised again last week. Since 12 April, what has Mr. Waters done about the issues that have been raised? What actions has he taken? I presume, straight after 12 April or even...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: For the sake of clarity - I am not trying to put words in Mr. Waters's mouth - no other actions were taken. Mr. Waters notified the Policing Authority, which he had to do, but have no other actions whatsoever been taken? Now is Mr. Waters chance to list them if there are others.