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Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I recently saw "Waiting for Godot" and I do not remember such excitement.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: This is on the motion. I certainly do not remember such a dramatic exit of a member from the stage and certainly not one with the words, "I am leaving now because I did not hear what I was expecting to hear." This is notwithstanding the fact that the Deputy in question knew exactly what we were all going to say, so it is dramatic on every level. I welcome this motion and I proudly put...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given Ireland's commitment in September 2015 to take in 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme over a two year period, the number of refugees under this programme who have arrived to date; the specific steps which have been taken to ensure this commitment is met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27426/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location for processing of Garda vetting applications; the number of persons employed to manage this process; if there is a backlog, and if so, the numbers and reasons for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27425/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I raised issues when the presentation was made. The witnesses stated they would come back on the issues of climate change and investment policy in that regard. Where is that? Will we get an opportunity to look at it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Great. Thank you very much.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Has he ever been challenged about any of the reports he has produced previously in the manner in which he has been challenged publicly by NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I will come to that shortly. The opening statement from Mr. Brendan McDonagh today puts it in a nutshell. It states that the witness had a misplaced attachment to an accounting value rather than to the real accounts in the market. I will return to that. There is no doubt about what NAMA thinks of the witness's assessment. Mr. McDonagh believes that the Comptroller and Auditor General's...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to clarify that. Is the witness saying that NAMA had no property valuations that his office could examine and on which it could comment?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: What property valuations was it using?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: We will return in detail to the figures. I am just seeking to outline what NAMA is saying and what the Comptroller and Auditor General is saying in return. The witness has been very clear in his report. When NAMA says the Comptroller and Auditor General did not get any outside advice, Mr. McCarthy is responding that NAMA did not get any outside advice at the time and did not value. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: That is the first matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that. We will get an opportunity to return to the detail. Second, NAMA states repeatedly that the Comptroller and Auditor General sought external advice because he recognised that he did not have the expertise for this project. Am I correct to understand from Mr. McCarthy's statement today that this is not correct and that it was in a general nature that he was seeking...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. McCarthy seek advice and outside assistance in respect of that general work programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: NAMA criticised the Comptroller and Auditor General for not engaging with them on a reasonable basis. Will Mr. McCarthy clarify the process of engagement with the agency from the beginning of this report?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: When was that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did all of those drafts go to NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did they go to the Department of Finance?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: So drafts 1 and 2 went to NAMA only. Were they allowed to comment on both of those and recommend changes?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. McCarthy's team take on board those changes?