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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: A Chathaoirligh, I think it is very important-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: -----that we deal in facts.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: That is very clearly-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: The next point I want to make relates to a phone call in which Mr. McGuinness essentially sang dumb in the room.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Let me finish, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Let me finish. This was a major sale because it involved 56 debtor connections and 900 properties in Northern Ireland. Mr. McGuinness was in the room but he made no contribution. He is giving various excuses along the road. Why did he not say anything? Did he not question the basis for this strategy, which had huge implications for Northern Ireland, at any time? He never made any...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. McGuinness disagree with the note?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. McGuinness disagree with the minute?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Essentially, what contribution did Mr. McGuinness make? Could he help the committee by setting that out?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: To be fair, I do not want to hear Mr. McGuinness's opinion on issues around it. I want to be very factual. Mr. McGuinness is telling me he made a contribution and he questioned the strategy surrounding this, but that was not recorded in the minute that was taken. Is that what he is telling me? He is actually disagreeing with what is in the minute. Is that what he is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: We want to detail the facts that are set out.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: I think it is very important for this committee to detail the facts, rather than someone's interpretation or opinion surrounding those facts. As a committee, we have to be very factual. Obviously, we are dealing with a sale that had implications in a different jurisdiction, as Mr. McGuinness has outlined. Any objective person who sits down and reads Mr. McGuinness's opening statement will...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: In terms of the implications and the very line that implies the Minister had various combinations of meetings.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: It is very important to correct that. It was also implied that the Minister acted outside his jurisdiction in terms of executing a sale. Those are two major issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: It is very important to make those points.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: We have issued an invitation-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: We will assess that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: The deputy First Minister is at pains to point that out but factually, in terms of executing the functions of his office, his having sat dumb in a room listening to a conversation that had such implications regarding a number of properties and their value is extraordinary. I have no further questions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite appointments for a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35503/16]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: If the Minister of State is happy with it, we could go in to private session and let the officials explain it.