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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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Dunne aware of what Mr. Barrett would have said? It was a very extensive report, with much in it. Is that correct?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: On page 2 of that report, Mr. Barrett says that annual published accounts, signed off by Accounting Officers since 2005, stand compromised, in his view. That was his view. Mr. Dunne received a note from the head of human resources stating that, from his perspective, he believed, potentially or otherwise, that accounts were compromised. Surely Mr. Dunne would have had a responsibility then...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: This goes to the heart of the problem. It is a view of Mr. Barrett, but every single time that somebody flags that something should be done, that there are either compromised accounts, or that the Comptroller and Auditor General should be informed, or that the Department of Justice and Equality should be informed, and it is not done, people point to somebody else. I am putting it to Mr....

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: -----that the Commissioner was the chief Accounting Officer.

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Can we look at the Garda Síochána Act 2005, and specifically section 45 of that Act? This is important for both Mr. Ó Cualáin and Mr. Dunne, and we are going to come to Mr. McCabe and Ms McMahon in a moment as well. Is Mr. Dunne aware of the Garda Síochána Act 2005?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: In his role, Mr. Dunne would have had to read it to understand his responsibilities and what the role of the various different functions within An Garda Síochána was with relation to financial controls, governance and so on. He would have to be aware of that. I assume that Mr. Ó Cualáin would certainly be aware of the law and the Act. Sorry, do we have it?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: It is section 45. It states:(1) The audit committee shall-(a) advise the Garda Commissioner on financial matters relating to his or her functions...(2) The audit committee’s duties under subsection (1)(a) include advising on the following matters:(a) the proper implementation of Government guidelines on financial issues; (b) compliance with section 22 of the Exchequer and Audit...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Also to be very clear, and I was very clear with Mr. Dunne this morning, they were very critical of him for not in the first instance presenting the information to the July audit committee meeting, which Mr. Dunne accepts on reflection he should have done-----

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: -----but also the manner in which the information was presented in the September meeting. We will get clarity on that when we get the substance of the notes. Therefore, they were critical. My point is that there is a responsibility under the Garda Síochána Act for information to go to internal audit to allow them to brief the Commissioner and to comply with the Comptroller and...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: At least that is accepted. In order that the witnesses will know, I have asked that the Comptroller and Auditor General's office would furnish this committee with a report on what exactly were the obligations of An Garda Síochána in regard to compliance with its Act and also with reporting to its office. I am also asking Mr. Ó Cualáin could he, on behalf of the...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: And previously - from 2008 right up to now, if possible. With regard to the minutes of the steering group meeting of 6 August 2015, page 2 states, "The CAO then referred to tensions between various parties that may have built up prior to the meeting, and he [Mr. Dunne] felt that the meeting was a good opportunity for those tensions to be aired and dealt with appropriately". What tensions...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Were there tensions in the room that day when people came in?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: There was also a very serious disagreement, was there not, between Mr. Culhane and Ken Ruane of audit, when Mr. Ruane was indicating he should contact the Attorney General. It is stated on page 3:MC [Mr. Culhane] said he was shocked by what had just been said by KR [Ken Ruane] in that there was nothing complex or difficult about this issue and why would the issue have to be elevated to the...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Would it have been Mr. Culhane or Mr. Ruane? Would it be Mr. Ruane's judgment call?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. Dunne saying he does not know?

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: That is the point.

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: All I want to put on the record is that, again, we have a dynamic in a room where there is a meeting of the steering group. I have already raised with Mr. Dunne the question of how a decision was made at that point not to brief any external players, which would have included the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. We have Mr. Ruane signalling that, from his point of view as head of...

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: On page 3, on the same issue, to bookend this-----

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 (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: I will say this to Mr. Dunne because it is important, and he can then finish. The note states in the second last paragraph:...he [Mr. Ruane] would be concerned if there was any suggestion that he should be constrained in so doing. KR said that any issues brought to the attention of the Attorney General's Office would be done... He is making it very clear, "I won't be told what to do here...

Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the issue of equal pay for equal work within the public sector and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/17]