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Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Has Mr. Ó Cualáin approved the reopening of Stepaside Garda station?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Does that include Stepaside Garda station?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Does the re-opening of six Garda stations, include Stepaside Garda station?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...Commissioner. That criteria were then used to select the opening of six stations. It is possible, in my view, that the whole process was set up to ensure that the outcome was to open Stepaside Garda station, but notwithstanding that, which is my personal view, it ended up that it was one of those stations that was recommended for reopening. It was possible for the then Commissioner to...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: May I clarify a point, I thought I had clarified this at the very start of my questions. There is no dispute whatsoever that there was a Government decision to reopen six Garda stations. That is a fact. There is also no dispute that the Minister for Justice and Equality set up criteria that were then given to the former Commissioner. That is a fact. We also know that it was up to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I do not want to be unfair to Mr. Leahy. So perhaps Mr. Leahy can clarify for me what he said earlier. My question for Mr. Leahy is that from an operational perspective, from a Garda resource perspective and from a Garda priority perspective, would his preference at this point in time be to reopen Stepaside Garda station?

Public Accounts Committee: Reopening of Garda Stations: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...in Dublin should have been front and centre and I said this at the start. The question is this. Was a decision made for purely operational purposes and purely based on the best expenditure of Garda resources or was it a political decision? That is the question we were asking. From the answers that I have heard, I have my own view.

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: ...The second and most crucial issue is the need for people to be held accountability for failures, mistakes or worse. This committee has spent a lengthy time examining the issues surrounding the Garda training college. As Mr. Ó Cualáin will know, we have published a report. Who in An Garda Síochána has been held to account or sanctioned in any way for any of the...

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: ...processes in place and I understand that some further action may arise from them, but we are a long way down the line since the first internal audit report was published and our work. Who in An Garda Síochána was in any way held to account or sanctioned for any wrongdoing or failing by them in respect of the activities at Templemore? Can the acting Commissioner provide any example?

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: Let me be clear - I am not talking about criminal investigations because those are entirely a matter for the Garda. I am referring to situations where mistakes may have been made. Mr. Ó Cualáin mentioned that people were operating under archaic practices and processes, but those processes were put in place by individuals. That did not happen by accident, but by design. It was...

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: ...worked through the existing processes, I am talking about the people who were the architects of the problems. Those processes did not fall from them sky, they were put in place by people in the An Garda Síochána. Acting Commissioner Ó Cualáin just used the word "flawed", thus admitting that flawed processes were constructed by people within An Garda...

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: ..."; and that it had a lack of clear responsibility and accountability both within the Department and when dealing with external agencies. It then lists those external agencies and among them is An Garda Síochána. The report goes on to specifically state that the management of the relationship of the Department with An Garda Síochána also needed to be examined and then...

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: 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: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...and produced a report. The Chairman gave the example of the HSE hearings in which we discussed the Grace case while there was a commission of investigation examining that. Representatives of the Garda Síochána appeared before the committee while they were carrying out examinations and investigations of what happened in Templemore-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting (14 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated length of time it would take for a four year driving licence ban that has been reduced to 18 months by the courts to be taken into consideration by An Garda Síochána for vetting purposes for job applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47743/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: ...outing again, after which we are none the wiser. When we say we want to put the matter to bed, what do we mean? I see it this way - the central question being put was whether the reopening of one Garda station was a stroke. That is the question people were asking. Let us cut to the chase - that is it, or was the reopening based on evidence, proper process, proper procedures and so on....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: Leaving aside that important issue for a moment and the methodology used, the reply from An Garda Síochána is disingenuous and goes to the heart of how, as an institution and corporate body, it interacts with the Committee of Public Accounts. Its letter answers a question it was not asked and refers to reports we did not seek. We did not ask for a copy of the interim or final...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: I can partially understand that, but at the same time it is unacceptable given we are so far down the road on this issue. When did An Garda Síochána first become aware of these inconsistencies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Finn. That was all I needed to know. An Garda Síochána first became aware in late 2015. We are now into the summer of 2017 and the Commissioner, as Accounting Officer, is still not in a position to provide us with information on what happened. We have two interim reports that do not reveal much. All they say is that certain areas need to be examined and information...