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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: The report said that the Department operated in "a closed, secretive and silo driven culture". Was this Ms McPhillips's experience over the 29 years in the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: When Ms McPhillips says it is not her experience, is it that it is not her personal experience or is it not her view that there was "a closed, secretive and silo driven culture" in the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I am not asking the witness about stereotypes of people or institutions. I am asking about a report-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: With respect to Ms McPhillips, the Toland report was not about her as an individual-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: -----it was about the Department. The report said that the Department operated in "a closed, secretive and silo driven culture". This was an independent report, was it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: Ms McPhillips does not accept the report in full if she does not agree that the Department operated in "a closed, secretive and silo driven culture". Maybe the next point in the report about significant leadership and management problems-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I did not ask that. I said-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I am sorry. I said that I was not just interested in her own personal experience. I asked Ms McPhillips if that was her view of the Department, aside from her own personal experience. Ms McPhillips said it was not her experience.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: That is not the question. The conclusion that Mr. Toland came to was not that things could be done better. It was quite a hard hitting report and it spoke of "a closed, secretive and silo driven culture." I am concerned that the acting Secretary General cannot agree with the findings of the independent report. If we do not accept the failures, how do we implement changes? The next...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: What about the findings of undue deference given to An Garda Síochána? Has Ms McPhillips read that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I know that Ms McPhillips has, but that is not what I am asking. I am asking if, in her 29 years of working in the Department, Ms McPhillips found undue deference was given to An Garda Síochána by the Department at the highest level?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: It says this in the report. I will read directly from it. It reads: "This oversight role demands a delicate balance between accountability and respecting the independence of An Garda Síochána. In the view of the Review Group there is a deferential relationship with An Garda Síochána with a lack of proper strategic accountability being brought to bear upon them by the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I do not want to know what has been done since 2014. I am asking if that was Ms McPhillips's experience. With respect, Ms McPhillips is the acting Secretary General. I am reading a report, which was very hard hitting and which looked at the Department of Justice and Equality going back over an awfully long time. Ms McPhillips worked in the Department for most of that time period, although...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I can provide an example that might help.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: I am not the Accounting Officer, but I am someone who can put himself in the shoes of the review group and try to understand why it would come to the view that there was a deferential relationship. Does Ms McPhillips consider it acceptable that an Accounting Officer, one of her colleagues, would send a text message to the Garda Commissioner following the Garda Commissioner's appearance...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: It is a matter of public record. The entire workings of the Department might be subject to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: As a separate question, would it be considered deferential if a Garda Commissioner - not a particular Garda Commissioner but any Garda Commissioner - effectively was writing press releases for a Minister?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: We are not. With respect, it is a general question. It is outside the scope of the tribunal because it does not relate to a particular Garda Commissioner. To put it in other words, is it current practice for the acting Garda Commissioner to write drafts of press releases for the Minister? Is that a practice used by the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: Profound changes are required in the Department. I hope the person who will lead it will be someone who, in the first instance, will accept its failings in the past, accept all of the recommendations made in the Toland report which are very clear and serious and raise profound questions for the Department and will be in a position to drive the changes. Whoever is in the position should...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018) David Cullinane: We will see. I am a little concerned about it. What did the Collins report deal with specifically?