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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I agree with Deputy Cullinane. What he is saying is sensible. I also sit on the Joint Committee on Health and this issue will come to that committee. There is a distinction here and I think we could be quite helpful to the Joint Committee on Health. There will not be that overlap, about which there were arguments previously, because that committee will get into the components of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: -----non-disclosure, the audit process and the overall screening programme. There are specific issues. I have spoken to Dr. Scally, a very impressive man who has done a huge report, a number of times and I have gone through the report and spoken with Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh. There is a need for the Committee of Public Accounts to look at specific areas that Dr....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I think the clerks should have a chat.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is a great idea.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: There is three or four hours' work there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputy Cullinane for raising this matter as I was about to raise it. I was not aware the Deputy had written in on it. The resignation of Dr. Graham Love from the Higher Education Authority raises serious concerns because of what he wrote regarding his decision. The HEA and the whole third level education cycle is like the gift that does not stop giving, by which I mean the issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: We have time in that case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: We need to delve into all the issues raised by Deputy Cullinane. The committee has dealt with many issues relating to a number of third level institutions, including an issue with Cork Institute of Technology which has been ongoing for years. Some have not been resolved, including issues relating to whistleblowers, their treatment and the processes in place for dealing with them. I have...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: An agreed topic.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That is perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: That would be a good day's work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I agree with the previous speaker. This is the bane of my life.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: This is the bane of my life at this time of year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: It is very regrettable that a Fianna Fáil Minister brought in this scheme in 2010.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: It was the Deputy's party, but we will leave politics outside the door.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I am only hopping the ball. Will the Deputy take a joke? The point is that a value for money issue potentially arises in this context. Maybe we should stick it on the programme somewhere.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: He missed us.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: I welcome the witnesses back. I am sure they missed us. It has been a long time. I have four questions. My first question is a generic one. For how much longer do the witnesses think NAMA is going to exist?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2016 and 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 102: National Asset Management Agency Second Progress Report (20 Sep 2018)

Alan Kelly: Yes. What is the plan in discussions with the Department of Finance? I see the work that has gone on in the past year or two, and in fairness I compliment a lot of it in terms of the value NAMA has generated for the taxpayer. However, Mr. Daly did say in previous hearings that as an organisation, NAMA would not be around forever? What is the work-out plan, or is there one?