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Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: My last question is on the pension situation. In simplistic terms it seems there are two different pension schemes, one of which is primarily attached to older people and the other for younger people and one of them is in some difficulty and the other is in surplus. Can Mr. Boland explain how pensions are paid? It strikes me that it is different here from some other areas of education, for...

Public Accounts Committee: Higher Education Authority: Financial Statements 2014 (24 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is the intention that the whole thing goes back to the State in the same way as primary and secondary teachers are paid when they take their pensions?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (29 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: 560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update and timescale for the extension works for Lucan Community College, Lucan, County Dublin. [33437/15]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)

Robert Dowds: They will set Senator Marie Louise O'Donnell on you, Mattie.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dietary Allowance Administration (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the funding for persons in receipt of a diet allowance because of specific medical conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33693/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Climate Change Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will make a contribution to the Green Climate Fund and, if so, the extent of the contribution, and when it will be paid. [33692/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: Curaim fáilte roimh Mr. McKay and to the other members of the Assembly at Stormont. How will the work that Mr. McKay's committee is doing relate to any investigation being carried out by the PSNI? Are there problems there or are there areas that the committee is unable to visit because of police investigations?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: What is the NCA?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: So presumably the committee was getting legal advice to ensure that it did not stray into areas that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I know from experience that it can be very frustrating.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: So he has refused to meet the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: He treats Mr. McKay's committee in the same way as he treats this committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: May I make a proposal? I note Deputy Wallace has been requested to appear before this committee. Could I propose that we again write to Deputy Mick Wallace and ask him to appear before this committee on the allegations that he has raised?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and their team, as well as the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who are present. I am glad that Deputy Ross, as a prominent Opposition Member, opened his remarks by acknowledging NAMA's integrity as an organisation. That is important in these days of great cynicism because there has been major wrongdoing in the property market, politics and so on in...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: It is, therefore, the other side of the deal.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: In a sense, Mr. Daly is leading into my next question which he may not feel able to answer. Does he have any sense of where these allegations may be coming from and whether they have an obvious malign intent? I appreciate if he does not wish to say anything about that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: Mr. Daly could not possibly be a politician then.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: Could I move to a totally different area? I was quite shocked by some of the conversation between Deputy O'Donovan and the witnesses about the housing situation. As a Dublin Deputy, I deal with people with serious housing questions every week. How many housing units were offered to each of the four Dublin local authorities and how many of them were accepted? What comes out from that is...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: Over what period did that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: From 2011 up to the present day. Continuing in the housing vein, to what extent does NAMA have land that could be used for housing construction either private or social, particularly in the Dublin area but more generally?