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

Robert Dowds: That is in the whole country?

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

Robert Dowds: What proportion of that would be in Dublin, Cork and Galway?

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

Robert Dowds: Is there any chance that this is likely to become available?

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

Robert Dowds: So in other words, of the land that NAMA sold in the past 18 months, only about one-twelfth of what could be built has been built on it?

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

Robert Dowds: Which local authority is that?

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

Robert Dowds: That situation is so painful. I am very appreciative of the information Mr. McDonagh but it frustrates me and I know that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is hugely frustrated with the slow delivery on some of these fronts. So, basically, NAMA is not an impediment to that progress and it really lies elsewhere?

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

Robert Dowds: Going back to those 6,500 units, are there any more dwellings that are likely to come or is that-----

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

Robert Dowds: So that would be really under the 11,000 that could-----

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

Robert Dowds: Is there anything else Mr. McDonagh can say that might help the housing crisis before I leave that subject?

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

Robert Dowds: I will ask what is perhaps an unfair question, but Mr. McDonagh can refuse to answer it. Are builders dragging their feet?

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

Robert Dowds: I agree. On a different note, Project Jewel relates to the Dundrum town centre. Will Mr. McDonagh talk me through that and the level of profit that he expects? Where will it leave the loans associated with, for example, Mr. Joe O'Reilly? Will his company be able to operate again?

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

Robert Dowds: Okay.

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

Robert Dowds: NAMA has divested itself of the whole loan.

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

Robert Dowds: I know.

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

Robert Dowds: Okay. A politician whom I did not admire finished his career by saying: "I have done the State some service." Whatever about him, the witnesses have done the State some service, and I thank them.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax obligation of those who provide AirBnB in their homes. [34409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance if those who provide AirBnB and who earn less than €12,000 per year in so doing, are exempt from income tax up to that amount. [34410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons providing AirBnB may be subject to retrospective tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the high level of queries in the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (6 Oct 2015)

Robert Dowds: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans ensure that persons who attend the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau office are fully informed of the next steps they need to undertake if they are looking for employment, for example, that a job offer is required before they can apply for a personal public service number. [34416/15]