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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: We said we would only spend 15 minutes on this. That 15 minutes is now up but Deputy Cullinane has indicated to speak.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I call on Deputy MacSharry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I call on Deputy MacSharry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Barrett has said twice now that he wrote to register this broad set of concerns. We are not here, however, to discuss a broad set of issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Barrett has gone down that road of other issues twice now. We are here only to discuss this one unit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Can I just ask-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Chair is in possession.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy has made a request.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will not instruct the acting Garda Commissioner to be quiet. He is the Accounting Officer here today and as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts I decide-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Barrett for a very precise answer. Twice he has been asked a question and he has strayed beyond it immediately.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am not asking Mr. Barrett any question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay then, I am going to ask the question-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Barrett said finance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Did Mr. Barrett have any further concerns that might be relevant to the attention of the Committee for Public Accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am ruling as Chairman that we are now moving on. With regard to the financial issue, I want to draw the attention of everybody here and everybody watching to the fact that we have the Accounting Officer of the Department of Justice and Equality here. He is responsible to the Oireachtas for the Vote and he gave verbal sanction to this matter. A letter subsequently arrived. We also have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have spent 40 minutes on this and we have other business to address. We are now moving on to look at the matter of the re-opening of Garda stations. At this point I will ask acting Garda Commissioner Ó Cualáin to deliver the rest of his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: On the Garda station-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Fleming: Until 10.30 a.m., and then we can move on to the main business after that.