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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: 644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the substantial changes to the ECCE payment structure to child care facilities operating the ECCE scheme, changes that are causing great financial strain to ECCE providers; if she will have the payment structure reverted to the previous arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29668/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Deputy Catherine Murphy to the committee. She is replacing Deputy Shortall and we look forward to working with her on the committee. We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee meetings and he is accompanied by Mr. John Riordan, deputy director, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We had a brief discussion of this earlier this morning and decided to come back to it. We made no decision. We said we would hear in further detail from the Deputy because she made the request. We agreed to send quite a comprehensive list of requests of information to NAMA arising from the last meeting. Some members had submitted questions in advance and I added quite a bit to the list to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: To be very clear, NAMA will be back again to answer everyone's questions. On the other witnesses, we will probably -----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes, and we will certainly return to that. The next item on our agenda is correspondence received since the last meeting. The first item is a letter from the Minister for Finance accepting the invitation today and we will note that. The second item, 85B, is a copy of an e-mail forwarded by Deputy Noel Rock, dated 13 February 2014, from Mr. Michael R. George, managing director of Fortress...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes, that is the e-mail that Deputy Rock forwarded to us. He sent us copies of e-mails to and from the Taoiseach's office and we will put them on our Project Eagle file for further consideration.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: The next item is 83C, a letter from an individual describing him or herself as a concerned taxpayer, in regard to a charity shop in Bantry. I propose we forward this to the Charities Regulatory Authority. Is that agreed? Agreed. Item 84C is a letter from an individual alleging a misappropriation of public money by Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, ETB. The letter...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will try to copy and circulate that. However, as Chairman, I am concerned that there was a relevant document in the Department of Finance that was not made available to us. That is my observation on this. If it was obtainable under FOI, I would have presumed it should have been made available to us. Maybe there is nothing new in it. I do not know but we will look at it. I thank...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Today, the committee will continue its examination of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report No. 94 on the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and its sale of Project Eagle. Project Eagle was the code name given to the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland loan portfolio. Last week, we had an engagement with the Comptroller and Auditor General on his report and with NAMA on...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. The lead speaker-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: What page?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: That point is dealt with it on page 6. The paragraph to which the Deputy referred slightly contradicts what is written on page 6 of the Minister's statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: It is in the context of what is written on page 6 in the first instance and we acknowledge the correction. The lead speaker is Deputy Alan Kelly who will have 20 minutes. He will be followed by Deputy Catherine Murphy who will have 15 minutes. It is her first meeting and she is welcome. The remaining members have indicated in the following sequence: Deputies Marc MacSharry, David...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I ask people to be concise because there are time constraints.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I want to be fair now. I want to avoid bringing in the Comptroller and Auditor General because I do not want a cross-exchange. I believe he said he had intended acquiring that expertise for the section 226 tri-annual report. That did not happen and that report is not out yet.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I am conscious of the time, so I will let the Deputy complete this point and then we will move to the next speaker.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Minister was not involved in that. We will return to that issue. I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: The fees were to be paid but they had not been paid.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will the Minister arrange to have forwarded documentation on the comments made on this at their quarterly meetings by the troika, the IMF, the European Commission, the European Central Bank? Ireland left the troika without a safety net. For the record will he arrange to have a summary of these forwarded to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I accept that.