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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Could the Department send us a detailed note on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I come back to Mr. Barrett, who was absent when I asked the question. Mr. Barrett said when he appeared here before that it was his view that accounts might potentially have been compromised. He may or may not have actually used the word "potentially". Does he remember saying that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: How far do those compromised accounts go back?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Generally across the signing off of accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I point out to Ms Barry that the head of human resources at An Garda Síochána is saying that accounts were signed off on that were potentially compromised. I have already questioned acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin over his responsibility as an Accounting Officer. It is unfortunate that we do not have the Accounting Officer from the Department here today but Ms Barry can...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: They are closed off then and nobody is held to account.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: That is also my understanding. My understanding is that nobody has been held to account in the Department, who simply closes the matter, and nobody is held to account in An Garda Síochána. I do not find this acceptable. My final question concerns the recommendations in the internal auditor's report. Mr. Kelly recommends here that the bar remain closed and the space be put to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Can I also ask acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin to confirm that management's response was that this recommendation would be put forward for the consideration of the steering committee? That is what it says here. Is that correct? Or perhaps Mr. Nugent could answer me.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: This says that it will be considered by the steering committee. Has it been considered?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Why not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Why not just accept the recommendation? It is a very explicit recommendation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: What criteria would be used?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: There were no bars in other institutions that were subject to lengthy discussions at the Committee of Public Accounts and that have been linked to financial irregularities in their own organisations. It is a clear and explicit recommendation from an internal audit that this bar be closed, remain closed, and the space put to a different use. Why was this recommendation not accepted?

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

David Cullinane: Obviously, it would have been more helpful to have had it at the time it was promised. However, it appears that many people have come forward. There have been 50 meetings and 20 companies are being examined so it is a quite extensive examination. Bear in mind that the completed report is something we said we would use to conduct a wider examination of intellectual property across the...

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

David Cullinane: It was discussed at length but I was not at the meeting where it was discussed. I commend Deputy MacSharry on raising the issue in the first place. The reply says that no specific guidelines are in place. Could we write advising that the HEA would seek to put guidelines in place? The HEA said it shares the committee's concern about the appropriateness of signing off on the expenses....

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

David Cullinane: Could I make a broader point on that? I do not think we should, nor would I advocate that we should, but Accounting Officers should and if they cannot do it then it is indicative of a bigger problem. I do not know what Department this would come under. Is it possible for us to get some guidance on what processes are in place to allow Accounting Officers to sanction people? Let us take the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: My colleague was diplomatic in responding to the Fianna Fáil contributions. I will not be as diplomatic because I believe some of them were rather cynical. It seems there was almost a competition among some of the colleagues to see who would come up with the best excuse not to support the Bill. An Teachta Ó Cuív won hands-down with his cynical remarks to the effect that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (22 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has refused to implement Labour Court recommendation LCR 21574 recommending enhanced redundancy terms in respect of employees working for a subsidiary being made redundant; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the company refused to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (22 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that around 40% of the clients of a company (details supplied) here are in the public sector and that the value of the company's contracts with Government Departments is approximately €139 million; if he will consider reviewing the company's public sector contracts in view of same;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times primary percutaneous coronary intervention emergency procedures were carried out at University Hospital Waterford outside the normal hours of 9 to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 207, by month and year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48792/17]