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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: ...tests recorded on the Dräger machines and also the number that were procured. How is it not possible to provide us with that information? It seems to me to concern basic purchasing of equipment. The Garda purchases and pays for a set number of mouthpieces and equipment and then a set number is used. Perhaps the Commissioner is in a position today to give us that information but up...

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: ...if he is more aware, to talk me through how this works. How does the mandatory breath testing work from when the vehicle leaves the station? Before it leaves the station, what does it do? Does a garda have to go and get a set number of these mouthpieces? How are they signed for? How are they recorded? Will the Commissioner or Mr. Finn talk me through that process so I have a better...

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: ...that we should have had, which I have given some examples of, should have been given to the committee. Two years have elapsed. The Commissioner knows this is a very serious issue for An Garda Síochána that goes right to the heart of the cultural issues she talked about herself. I am concerned that the report was not made available for today's meeting.

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: What I see when I read the two interim reports is a pattern that we had with the Garda training college as well, where there is much emphasis on managing the problem. That has to be done, because Mr. Finn is right that, if there is a problem, it has to be corrected. I do not see the same level of urgency or attention being given to management failures, and people being held to account for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (11 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints lodged with An Garda Síochána regarding tweets in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of cautions issued in this regard in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of prosecutions arising from the complaints, in tabular form; and if he will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: We sought a lot of correspondence from An Garda Síochána and we have now received some from Mr.Nugent. This correspondence is, unfortunately, still coming in to us now, at the 11th hour. They know that we are up against the clock and that we have to get a report out. It strikes me that An Garda Síochána is waiting until the very last minute to give us the information we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: The key driver of industrial disputes and threatened industrial action, in An Garda Síochána, teachers, nurses etc., has been the issue of restoring the public sector to a single-tier pay structure or equal pay for equal work. I have met Mr. Watt and the Minister a number of times on this issue and have tried to get a costing for returning the public service to a single-tier pay...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (29 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: ...to returning the public service to a single-tier pay system, not only because it is the right thing to do for reasons of equality but because we must also make sure that we can recruit nurses, doctors, gardaí and front-line workers in the public service. It is very important that recruitment can happen and that public sector workers feel they are valued and they are not part of a...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. The Commissioner has much experience in An Garda Síochána. How many years has she worked with the force?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: I imagine the Commissioner has either led investigations and examinations or has been involved in investigations and examinations in her long career in An Garda Síochána. Is that fair to say?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: One may not but one would expect people who work in An Garda Síochána to provide full co-operation-----

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: ...Ms O'Sullivan aware of the opening statement given by the head of internal audit, Mr. Niall Kelly, when he was here last in which he claimed he did not get full co-operation from people within An Garda Síochána and that he was frustrated in his work? He cited three time periods. Is Ms O'Sullivan aware of 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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: He went on to say that "Mr. Barrett is attempting to undermine my professional reputation and my record of achievement in An Garda Síochána".

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: What did the Commissioner do specifically when she was made aware in July 2015 of irregularities at the Garda College? What action did she take?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: ...they were asked about why they did not give information to the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, they said that it was to do with their superiors. We had middle and senior management of An Garda Síochána before the committee and I put the question to them as well. They said that the role of the Accounting Officer is very clear. The Accounting Officer has a...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: The letter is dated 31 July 2015. Was this before or after the Commissioner was made aware of irregularities at 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 (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: I will read it. The Commissioner says thatI confirm to the best of my knowledge and belief, and having made appropriate enquiries of my officials of An Garda Síochána, the following representations, which are given to you in connection with your audit of the Appropriation Account for Vote 20 ... for the year ended ... I am satisfied that the expenditure and receipts disclosed 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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: No, sorry, that is not the case. I asked the Commissioner earlier and she was very clear with this committee that she first became aware of irregularities in the Garda College in July 2015. She was briefed on the issues, she had a meeting with Mr. Barrett, and, I take it, others also, but she was most certainly aware of the issues involved and that these issues were historical, going back...

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: ...information. I just wanted to make that point first. In response to Teachta McDonald, the Commissioner earlier defended her position that when she first became aware of irregularities at the Garda Training College she took decisive action. Is that not what the Commissioner said?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: The Commissioner first became aware of the situation on 27 July and she stands over the fact that she took decisive action, because she wanted to regularise the accounting practices in the Garda Training College.