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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Are they within NAMA itself?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: So, apart from the Comptroller and Auditor General coming in and conducting an independent report on that, there is nobody to say that the process is correct or incorrect, other than NAMA itself.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Would it be abnormal to get a second opinion on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. Collison can at least see where I am coming from, that the valuation comes from within the same institution, so -----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: The eye cannot behold itself. It is good to have somebody else look at it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: It will be very interesting when we speak to the Comptroller and Auditor General, after all of this discussion, to hear his views on this. The same applies to the blended portfolio fair value rate, which Mr. Collison said was, in his view, appropriate given the characteristics of the portfolio. That is why that rate was used. I have a difficulty with self-evaluation, not just for NAMA but...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. Rooney says there is no correct marketing approach. There are plenty of wrong ways too. There should perhaps be more transparency about that approach in future.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Patricia King and Liam Doran for their statements and for appearing before the committee today to share their thoughts and views. It is very important that we hear those thoughts and views and listen to what they say because of the positions they hold and the influence they have. I see they call for a dramatic overhaul of the health system, which is laudable in itself. I am...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Ms Harkin-Kelly for her very comprehensive presentation. Midwives do a significant amount of work and save a significant amount of time for consultants on a daily basis. I have a very strong view on that. It is awful to hear that morale is so low. We are delighted that Ms Harkin-Kelly is before the committee today so that we can try to move forward and find some solutions. I...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I raised the issue.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Tá cúig nóiméad agam, ceapaim. In her song, "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)", Annie Lennox of the Eurhythmics belted out these lyrics:And so I face the wall Turn my back against it all How I wish I'd been unborn Wish I was unliving here There are many victims of sexual violence who can identify with these words. The consequences and repercussions of a sexual offence...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department plans to explore, with the Department of Justice and Equality and other Government agencies, reviewing the pilot access centres run by a charity and an organisation (details supplied) from 2011 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33336/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the witnesses for coming in to speak to the committee. We appreciate it. I have had many clients going through St. Patrick Hospital and I know the work it does. I spoke on the issue of mental health in the Dáil. It is an issue I feel very strongly about. I did not see the word "addiction" in the submission. How many people in St. Patrick's Hospital have addiction problems?...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Can I comment?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Yes. I may not have been clear when I asked my question. What percentage of patients and day patients who avail of services at St. Patrick's Mental Health Services have addictions? I understand that the delegation may not know the exact figure. Did Professor Lucey say 12%?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Do the rest of the patients have other types of mental illness?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: The percentage is low enough and I expected it to be higher.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Yes. What about alcohol dependency?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the witnesses.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I was struck by what Professor Lucey said earlier almost as a by-the-way comment. He probably has all manner of statistics in his head. He said there is someone in a quarter of all households in Ireland who suffers from alcohol abuse.