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

David Cullinane: Was there a tendering process? These are straightforward questions and I cannot understand why there is a hesitance in answering them. Either there was a tendering process or there was not. Is it that Dr. Brady does not know or does not want to answer the question? Can Mr. Murnane answer the question?

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

David Cullinane: If Dr. Brady does, I am waiting.

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

David Cullinane: There was no tendering process, no open market sale. That is clear. What zoning is on the land?

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

David Cullinane: Recreational use and open space. Is the Department of Education and Skills opening sports fields-----

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

David Cullinane: -----or what are the Department's plans for it? Is this being sold with rezoning rights attached or anything like that, as it is the Department of Education and Skills purchasing it?

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

David Cullinane: Is it possible - perhaps the Department official can answer this - to build schools on that site with the current zoning?

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

David Cullinane: Why? Is it that Mr. Gleeson does not know if it is the correct zoning or not?

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

David Cullinane: It would require rezoning. Mr. Gleeson does know then.

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

David Cullinane: I find that answer almost unbelievable. It is not about a bidding war. One puts something on the open market and there are potential bidders and there is what is called competitive tension in order to get the best possible return for an organisation. That is the purpose, it is not to create a bidding war or to encourage one but it is done to get the best possible return. The reason I asked...

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

David Cullinane: It is a great advertisement for the organisation.

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)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Garda Commissioner and her team. Will she explain her involvement with the Garda College historically and the different supervisory roles she played? Will she give us that information first because it would be useful for us to 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 (4 May 2017)

David Cullinane: Did the Commissioner have any role in the area of human resources? Did she have an oversight role in the Garda College?

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)

David Cullinane: Did that involve an oversight role in the Garda College?

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)

David Cullinane: It did.

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)

David Cullinane: The Commissioner has obviously read the internal audit report.

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)

David Cullinane: The Commissioner used the word "unacceptable". On page 3 of the executive summary it is stated the GIAS, the Garda internal audit section, "can provide no assurance that the internal management control systems in place to manage the finances at the Garda College are adequate". It also states there was "No assurance that the financial controls at the Garda College are compliant with Public...

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)

David Cullinane: I will stick with the Commissioner first to get her view.

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)

David Cullinane: If I need their assistance, I will ask for 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 (4 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I have read the report several times. Would it be fair to say there was a litany of failures, that there were sloppy practices, maladministration and mistakes made across the board? Would that be a fair assessment?

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)

David Cullinane: I am just trying to establish whether we can get agreement before I proceed. When I say that there were failures, the Commissioner accepts that. I used the words "sloppy practices". If the Commissioner wants to use different words she can do so but my view is that there were sloppy practices, maladministration and completely unacceptable financial controls in place. Would that be a fair...