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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: There is a reference to the effect that, "The yield amount quoted ... includes yield from other tax heads such as VAT, income tax etc." I am looking at paragraph 14.15.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Revenue separated it out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Generally they were compliant. There were no other big issues.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Review of Medical Consultants' Tax Affairs
Chapter 14 - Research and Development Tax Credit
Chapter 16 - Deferral of Tobacco Stamp Liability (1 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is all right. I just wanted to clear that up. We have finished our business. We agree to dispose of Chapters 13,14 and 16 of the 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. On behalf of the Committee on Public Accounts, I thank the witnesses from the Revenue Commissioners and the Comptroller and Auditor General. The meeting is adjourned.

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are now in public session. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee. We will continue looking at the 2015 appropriation accounts, Vote 20, for An Garda Síochána, dealing specifically with the interim internal audit report on financial procedures in the Garda College. We met on this matter on 4 May...

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: To clarify, there are no pairing arrangements in existence in the new politics of Dáil Éireann. From a practical point of view, a member can only pair with somebody who is voting in the opposite direction, and most of us, if we are not following the discussion-----

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: -----until the vote is called. We do not know what votes will be called, and our spokespersons will be the ones leading the debate. Some of us might be going to abstain, some might be going to vote for an amendment and some to vote against. There are no arrangements in place for pairing through the Committee of Public Accounts or notified to the Whips.

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy in a position to notify his party's Whip if there is a vote?

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: It would be awful to break up the meeting on two or three occasions. If there are three or four, one from the Government side can notify the Whip that we are going to be here. I am conscious of the fact that other members, who may be voting in another direction, may also be here. I think we can send messages in respect of an informal arrangement. It would be dreadful if we had to break up...

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Before calling the speakers, I note they have indicated in the following sequence: Deputies Connolly; MacSharry; Cullinane; Kelly; Catherine Murphy; McDonald and Madigan. The first speaker will have 20 minutes, the second speaker 15 minutes and every other speaker has ten minutes. I will be keeping tightly to that timescale in order that everybody has an opportunity to get in. There will...

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is he satisfied that Mr. Kelly said that?

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Kelly give details of the offshore bank accounts to which he referred in his meeting with Superintendent McCabe?

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Kelly is stating he has no evidence of any offshore bank accounts held by the 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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Kelly found no evidence.

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Kelly is quoted as saying he believed the college had offshore accounts.

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Kelly inquired about the matter.

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am raising this in the interest of the force because it has been widely reported in the media that there were offshore accounts. As far as I can attest, this letter appears to be from where the reference came. If Mr. Kelly is satisfied there are no offshore accounts, I would like him to confirm that because before the witnesses' arrival today, many people were of the view, as a result 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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is Mr. Culhane satisfied that there are no offshore bank accounts?

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) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I want to put that on record because people were rightly concerned about that issue. There are no offshore accounts and I would like to place that on record as others will ask questions about it during the course of the meeting. Does Mr. Culhane accept the interim 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 (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is accepted by the Garda. In the second last paragraph of his letter to Mr. Kelly, Mr. Culhane states: "You have effectively set yourself up as "judge, jury and executioner" by your refusal to amend your report to reflect the additional correcting information given to you." Is that a fair comment? Would Mr. Culhane say that today? Does he still believe that?