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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: What did that mean when the cap was lifted? Did it then increase the liability of the DDDA for any potential loss?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Did that increase the DDDA’s liability to a potential loss?

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 that happen? If the cap had stayed in place, the State would be dealing with a smaller loss than is the case to date.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to zone in on a point amid all the complexity. The cap, which was key in terms of minimising the exposure of the State to the project if something went wrong, was removed.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: What part of it was removed?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much money did that end up costing the State?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: But are we talking about several millions?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: So the cap in regard to the 26% remained unchanged. I assume the cap would have been covering a larger amount of money than the cap on the interest.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much money are we talking about if the borrowings were not repaid?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The additional exposure to the State by the removal of the cap was €8.5 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That book-ended it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: We have an additional exposure to the State of €8.5 million due to the removal of the cap. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Why was that cap removed?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Fine. Ms Moylan was not on the board when that happened. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is clearly a question that must be answered.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Regarding the council of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, did the board get any information on the discussions that took place within the council? Just to refresh everyone's memory, the council of the DDDA was different to the board. It consisted of community representatives, some local councillors and some members of the board. Did the board get an account of what took place at...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The chairman at that point would have been Mr. Bradshaw, is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Does Ms Moylan have any recollection of any disquiet being expressed at those meetings? To be more specific, was Ms Moylan aware of any members of the council of the DDDA expressing disquiet regarding a potential conflict of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The only council meeting minutes we have received relate to the 68th meeting, which took place in July 2006, which is many months before the decisions were made regarding this site. I ask that the committee be furnished with minutes for the period when this decision was made and in the immediate aftermath. I wish to see minutes of any meetings held in October that contain references to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (7 May 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 230. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21429/13]