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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Let the witness answer the question.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: No problem. Do the witnesses wish to take a break?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will take a break for strictly five minutes. We do not want people coming in the doors all the time.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: We recommence in public session. I point out that the members in the Gallery are here by special permission and no member in the Gallery should approach a witness in any way. I need to make clear to everybody in the Gallery that they have to conduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the meeting. Please take note of what I have said. We move on to further questions. I call Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: That is very clear.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: For clarity, Mr. Creed, are you saying your board meets once or twice per week? Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I just wanted to know for clarity.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: What was the reason for the drop in attendance, which does not correlate to any other industry?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: So, too, is horse racing.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can Mr. Walsh share a copy of the strategy with us?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: To save time, it would be helpful if Mr. Walsh would forward it on to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Before calling Deputy Murphy, I wish to return to Mr. Walsh. In the years that were referenced in his contribution, turnover prize money, track attendance, sponsorship, ownership, breeding and bookmaker and Tote income all collapsed. Attendances fell from 1.28 million to just under 650,000 between 2007 and 2015. However, if one looks at the Tote in 2006 for horse racing versus dog racing,...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I understand what Mr. Walsh is saying. It still does not add up, to be honest. I call Deputy Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Dr. Brady wishes to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am sorry to interrupt the Deputy. She may finish her question but we will have the Dáil vote shortly. I also need to speak to the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: We will resume with Deputy Murphy. The session must be suspended for voting time in the Dáil Chamber. It will take around 35 or 40 minutes. The committee will have another session with the Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána at 2.30 p.m. I propose that we return to this issue on Thursday, 18 May 2017. Is that agreed? Agreed. When we return on 18 May, the initial...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: Everybody is very welcome to the meeting. I ask everybody to turn off their mobile phones. That would be appreciated. In the first session today we looked at the Bord na gCon financial statements for 2015. In this session we will be looking at the 2015 appropriation accounts, Vote 20 for the Garda Síochána, dealing specifically with the internal audit of financial procedures...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and call on the Garda Commissioner, Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan, to make her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (4 May 2017)

Alan Kelly: The lead speaker in the first session is Deputy David Cullinane. The second speaker will be Deputy Catherine Murphy who will be followed by Deputy Alan Farrell.