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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I will be the first questioner and it is my intention to focus on the role of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and its oversight mechanisms. After Mr. Tierney has given his testimony, the Chairman might ask him what his role will be in the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Can we get a copy of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the witnesses for attending.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: As long as we have an expectation, as he had indicated, that we may at some point in the future ask him back to discuss the current accounts and any issue to follow up from this discussion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: My questions will focus on the board meetings across October 2006, the preparation for those meeting and the engagement between the board and the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Can Ms Moylan confirm that she was present at the three meetings that took place across that period?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Am I correct in stating that the three meetings refer to 3 October, 20 October and the final meeting on 24 October?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Were there any other board meetings across the period that were pertaining to the decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At the first meeting on 3 October 2006, will Ms Moylan explain the reason that meeting was held in San Sebastian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Where is San Sebastian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: The main reasons for the meeting being held in San Sebastian were in relation to the port area and the conference centre.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Why did the meeting take place at 4 p.m? What else happened across that day?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did any other activity take place that day or the following day?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did any other member of the board have any other reason as to why they were eager to hold the meeting in San Sebastian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I refer to the actual minutes of the board from that meeting, namely, document R909, and wish to focus on section 3.1, because this gives the main reference to the IGB site. It states: "The chief executive briefed the board on the confidential negotiations which he had undertaken with a developer who had indicated an intention to bid for that site". At that stage, who was the chief executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did Mr. Moloney indicate that anybody else was involved in those negotiations?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In the meeting he indicated that he had been directly involved in negotiations with a developer------
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: -----and he gave no indication as to whether anybody else was involved in those negotiations. I will be very specific in my question. I appreciate Ms Moylan is giving her best answer in respect of a meeting that happened more than six years ago. Did Mr. Moloney indicate whether any other members of the board were present at the meeting he had with that developer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At that stage did he tell Ms Moylan who the developer was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did the board ask why that developer was involved in that discussion with Mr. Moloney?