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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Was the hesitation on whether the bid was the best one?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: In the recommendation Mr. Maloney made at the 20 October meeting, he spoke about a range between €275 million to €375 million for the bid. That is a significant variation. Why was that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: It seems that the authority picked the range, but it was up to Mr. McNamara what the final bid would be.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Yes. How was this communicated to Mr. McNamara?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: The limit of €375 million was decided on 20 October and the bid was made on 25 October. The authority waited until 23 October to inform Mr. McNamara of the upper bid limit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Would Mr. Maloney not have thought of informing him by telephone sooner?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Just to be absolutely clear, the meeting of 23 October was arranged at Mr. Maloney's instigation and not Mr. McNamara's?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: When was that meeting requested?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Monday was 23 October.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: So Mr. Maloney spoke to Mr. McNamara on the telephone on 20 October?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: There was no attempt by Mr. McNamara to get in touch with Mr. Maloney over the course of the weekend in respect of any information on his side of the table?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: He was having discussions with his bank and things were changing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: So Mr. Maloney arranged the meeting with Mr. McNamara and invited Mr. Bradshaw along on 23 October. We have already been through the discussions Mr. Maloney had there. We heard Mr. Bradshaw's reaction to the bid exceeding €400 million. He was surprised by that at the time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: In that meeting with Mr. McNamara, the two issues that were discussed were the bid figure and the change in the lending circumstances for Mr. McNamara's side.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Would it be fair to say that more time was devoted to talking about the change in his lending circumstances?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: It appears that once you hear this information from Mr. McNamara, there will be conflicts of interest. Mr. Bradshaw has one immediately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: Perceived or actual - that is a point of debate. There will be another one relating to the board and Seán Fitzpatrick and Mr. Declan McCourt.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: That was already happening.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: As Mr. Bradshaw said and perhaps Mr. Maloney said in his opening statement, documentation was already prepared.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Eoghan Murphy: In this meeting and previous meetings, we have gone through how that actual conflict of interest was dealt with in the course of the meeting the next morning - the telephone conference call. Did Mr. Maloney and Mr. Bradshaw have a discussion either with Mr. McNamara or following that meeting about this perceived conflict of interest?