Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan at the Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday
At the Public Accounts Committee in respect of financial irregularities at the Garda College on Tuesday, some TDs spoke of how convenient it was that Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan had referred a report on the alleged placement of EU funds into an AIB bank account in Cabra, controlled by a retired senior officer, to GSOC, on Monday.
The move largely precluded Ms O’Sullivan from discussing the matter in detail.
Ms O’Sullivan specifically told the committee:
“I am conscious that the matter has been referred to GSOC and now forms part of its consideration and examination. I will be precluded from discussing a lot of a detail but I am happy if I can assist the Deputy with his questions.”
Further to this.
Broadsheet understands GSOC generally does not investigate retired members of An Garda Siochana.
This is because GSOC operates under the Garda Siochana Act 2005, and it’s basically a disciplinary procedure for serving Garda members.
In addition, if GSOC did uphold a complaint against a retired member, it can take little or no action against retired members in terms of reduced rank or pay.
Earlier: ‘It Might Be Useful To Ask The Central Bank To Have A Look At This’
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nice. did ye email anyone on the PAC and remind them of this?
you have to hand it to her.
It’s literally, “A Get Out Of Jail” card. Pardon the pun
Yeah..that’s what I thought when I heard her say this.. “referred to GSOC..soz can’t discuss” Very convenient altogether..
& now we learn irrelevant to retired gardai
The Credit Union Act, which is policed and controlled by the Central Bank is the way to go at this
if the Garda CU received monies and transferred monies into this account that was not entirely bone-fide
they are in breech of a number of CU regs, including AML anyway
also, in my experience, its usually the same heads that nominate themselves into these roles and committees, especially when it comes to money, so I suspect you’ll find the same names appearing on the CUs Board as you will see on all these Sports Clubs, Golf Club, Restaurants, what ever you’re having yourself
also, just on a clarification issue
The Garda CU, is what’s referred to as an Industrial
unlike your local community / district CU
and therefore are way more profitable as they don’t maintain public banking halls and have immediate access to payroll deductions etc, they also tend to be bigger risk takers with their loan books
Other examples would be Health Services CU and Revenue CU
secondly
The Credit Union Membership is based on the Common Bond principle
So all serving Garda, retired Garda, spouses, children and civilian employees of AGS are entitled to be members of this particular industrial CU,
whereas with a Community one, the common bond area is defined by boundaries with the surrounding other Community CUs; these expand with Transfer of Engagements or (Mergers to the rest of us) etc
So residents and anyone employed within that particular community Common Bond are entitled to join that areas’ CU , and remain with it, even if they relocate, even overseas.
Once they join, they’re members for life
anyway; the Central Bank are the crew to hit the Garda CU with
Yikes! Who would have thought that a bank may be the culprit.
huh?
Gardai are not allowed be directors of any company that involves property , most of garda loans involve property and should someone default on the loan the directors have that property on their books, not to mention there is a serious conflict of interest here, they are being sued by gardai for leaking their information in discipline inquiries, so no garda serving should be on the board of directors full stop
Politically Exposed Persons definitely not
But even in an Industrial CU like AGS
Its not just members of the force that can be a member
See above
In the Credit Union movement only members of that CU can be a Director
Unlike a bank
Like
You don’t have to have an account in AIB
Or be a shareholder of AIB
To be on the board of directors of AIB
Great comment frilly thanks
Fantastic stroke play from Noirin all the same
t’was
but she herself won’t recover
she was “the Accounting Officer” at one point
She’ll just refer her case to GSOC and retire.
thats what I’d do
hot for Noreen? is it the silver tongue or the handcuffs?
nope
but it was a masterstroke
conniving, cynical and calculated
and in her best interests
not the organisation she represents or the tax payer or the voter
Dail packs up now shortly
and by the time she gets called again
she might have retired
or the Committee themselves might have had a re-boot
“Fantastic stroke play from Noirin all the same”
Well it isn’t really. It merely reinforces the fact that she’s being elusive and obstructive. It concentrates suspicion around her.
Were there several signatories on this cabra account over the years and if so is it possible that not all are retired and that’s how they got GSOC to take it????
I repeat my comment from ten hours ago on another thread. This has gone beyond farce and is now positively insulting. Who the hell do these people think they are?
Wow! Well done BS. Great comprehensive gathering of info.
It’s interesting the Revenue gave the Sports Club a tax exemption in 2001 because it was involved in amateur sports. Where ever there is a scam the GAA are in like Flynn. I don’t mean Paul, Frilly.
Give over
The GAA aren’t the only sporting code that seeks this tax status
I bets there’s at least 50
From boxing to bridge
Oh ah we’re in the ga
ya know
Johnny your rants are getting fierce samie
you might want ta’ change it up a bit