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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I got that answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: So you do not have a guideline in that regard.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I will ask the question again. Was the HSE aware that the lump sum was coming from that fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: With regard to what we are dealing with today, I must ask Mr. Nugent whether he thinks it was appropriate that the huge amount of money involved - an average of €1.4 million was donated to the fund each year - should be used for that purpose.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: Leaving aside the top-up arrangements, when people hear about this matter I do not believe they will feel good about that amount of money from the fund being used for the purpose in question.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: It was very important to clarify from where the €200,000 lump sum came. We have clarified that now. If anybody else wants to follow up on the matter, that is fair enough. Some people present have asked that the board of the CRC resign. I have studied this matter and it seems that the HSE knew very well what was happening. It issued letters and warnings and posed questions for a...

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I wish to thank Mr. Kiely for attending this meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the Garda Reserve gain any credits from their work in the Garda Reserve when making a full application to join An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54282/13]

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: As far as the general thrust of the Bill is concerned I thought when I read it that parts of it should and could be considered, and now I understand that, contrary to what the previous speaker stated, it will be accepted. My attention was drawn to the section dealing with repeat offenders and ensuring a person's history with planning compliance is taken into account by planning authorities...

Water Services (No.2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: One of the reasons I want to speak on the Water Services (No. 2) Bill is I recently travelled to Ethiopia with Irish Aid to visit projects there. One of the places we visited was Tigray, the northernmost province of Ethiopia, where we saw the water projects in which Irish Aid had been involved for many years. They remember the Minister of State, Deputy Joe Costello, fondly. Farming in...

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second and Subsequent Stages (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I thank the Minister and her officials for their work. I have a number of constituents who have been affected by the Russian authorities amending their adoption legislation to include a provision requiring a child to be in the national adoption database for 12 months in advance of being placed in an international adoption database. I accept the comments made by the Minister on this being...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: Almost everyone has been following what has been carried in the media on NAMA in recent days. That is significant. Because the matter is so pressing, NAMA should be given an opportunity to respond to the committee immediately while these allegations are ongoing. It seems many people would like to see NAMA damaged and leaking information to the media is one way of doing this. We need to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: That is really what I am getting at. The Comptroller and Auditor General looked at this issue comprehensively.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: He has carried out a review and found that it is in accordance with industry standards. The European Commission has also carried out a review. It is, however, front page news today, which is dangerous. Mr. McCarthy has done his job and found nothing. He has found that it was carried out in the way it should have been.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: It is dangerous for an organisation like this if it continues over Christmas. We need to be cautious. I would give NAMA's representatives a chance to answer these questions and say they would welcome an opportunity to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: One issue that arose when NAMA's representatives were last here, in September, was that there was a revolving door, with information being passed from NAMA to the private sector. There are questions, beyond what the Chairman has said, that need to be answered. Are the constraints rigorous enough on people who work in NAMA when it comes to passing on information? NAMA's representatives...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: On the same point, I do not have a difficulty with sticking around until Friday, but some members might. We might need to check to see if people can stay until tomorrow.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: Chairman, I thought it a little unusual that you changed the conventional procedures of this committee by questioning Mr. Moran first. I listened to that exchange and I believe Mr. Moran is in an invidious position. He has received a ruling from within the Department that this is commercially sensitive information, so he has answered the question from my perspective.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John Deasy: I will start with the issue of undervaluing of loans and the allegations in the media over the past few days. The flavour of the allegations consists of questions about whether NAMA systematically undervalued loans and manipulated the price it paid banks for bad loans that staff were encouraged to deliberately undervalue. Some of the other allegations are that former employees of NAMA - I...