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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) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Long has identified its uniqueness.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did Mr. Long have previous dealings with Brown Rudnick?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Lazard has not ever had dealings with Brown Rudnick.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It also has an office in London.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a big international outfit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Would Mr. Long be in a position to ascertain the facts in that regard for us-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: and to correspond with us on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could Mr. Long also ascertain for us whether there would be a personal-professional history or work relationship with specifically Mr. Tuvi Keinan of Brown Rudnick-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and personnel within his organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: How big was the team that Mr. Long headed up for the purposes of this transaction?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would particularly like Mr. Long to check what the personal history and professional interactions might be. Does he know Frank Cushnahan?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is he surprised that he was in line to get cash success or fixer's fees in respect of this transaction?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: How surprised?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed. When Lazard was appointed there was no tender process. Who in NAMA approached Lazard?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: With Ronnie Hanna. What was Cian Kealy’s role in NAMA? Can Mr. Long recall that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The approach was made directly. There was no tender procedure. Is that not very unusual?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: To bid for a gig like this, to sell a portfolio of this magnitude ordinarily there would be quite a rigorous selection process would there not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of that but I am not asking about that. I would like Mr. Long to focus on the fact and to confirm for me and the committee that it was most irregular to become a loan adviser on the sale of such a portfolio with no procurement process.