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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: You say "what I think happened", but you were present at all of this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: And that submission is this document here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I live in the real world too, and I understand these figures, but what you are saying to me is that because the net figure had not changed it was considered that there was no need to re-communicate that the gross figure that had been communicated to the Department was inaccurate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Mr. Bradshaw will see why I am asking this question-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: -----because this means the Minister of the day was looking at a proposal and he thought the purchase figure was €220 million when, in fact, it was in the region of €370 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: There is no formal evidence that the DDDA communicated, in writing, to the Department of the Environment the correct figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: What does Mr. Bradshaw mean that the authority had become politicised?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: We will move to the latter part of this narrative which is the meeting of Tuesday, 24 October at 8 a.m. This meeting was specifically instigated to give agreement to go ahead with the tender for the purchase of the site. Out of all the people present - Mr. Bradshaw, Ms Cavendish, Mr Curtin, Mr. FitzPatrick, Mr. McCourt, Ms Moylan, Ms Sullivan and Ms O'Connor, the board members, and in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Would it have been customary to hold board meetings via telephone conference?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I appreciate that. In this meeting, there is a reference to the fact of declaration of interest. It goes on to say that Mr. Bradshaw drew attention to the fact that he and the chief executive met Mr. McNamara at 8.30 p.m. the previous night. What was the nature of that meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Where did you meet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Are you referring to the board meeting or the meeting with Mr. Maloney and Mr. McNamara?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Why?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I am mindful of the chairman's instruction at the start of the meeting.