Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Under what heading in the OPW's Estimate? Please bear in mind that the Estimate for the Office of Public Works was discussed here yesterday. Ms McGrath and the Minister attended and I have pages of documentation. It is interesting that the Estimates that were given for 2014 made no reference to the payment to NAMA as a result of the High Court judgment. We had a lengthy discussion yesterday at the Estimates meeting for the Office of Public Works. One can say that the Opposition and Government Deputies did not ask about the matter. We got pages of documentation from the OPW in preparation for yesterday's OPW Estimates and no reference was made to this item. It is quite unusual for a High Court award not to be mentioned by the Minister or in the briefing notes supplied by your office. It would have been helpful if the matter had been mentioned during the course of the Estimates debate, given that Ms McGrath has said that €3.5 must be paid out of the Estimates for this current year. There was no mention of it during the Estimates debate yesterday. Where in the Estimates is the figure mentioned, the one that nobody was told about yesterday?