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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----it is a fair question and the Minister should have a clear-cut response. Is the 50% investment conditional on the target of €3 billion being reached?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has an open-ended arrangement with the troika that he will notionally, at some point in the future, hit €3 billion. In the meantime, he can invest in jobs stimulus. Is that a lay translation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Given that Coillte and Aer Lingus are off the table and that, in the Minister's non-strategic view, he has chosen to dispose of Bord Gáis Energy and parts of the ESB, how will he make up the €3 billion? Irish Water is also off the table, I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: How will the Minister accrue the €3 billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: It strikes me as an extraordinarily loose arrangement with the troika. The Chairman of the committee praised the fact that the troika's arrival here marked increased scrutiny of budgetary matters and a tightening of the reins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Minister informed the troika of his decision with respect to Coillte and Aer Lingus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: When did the Minister inform the troika of those decisions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: In what way has it understood that for months back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: What was that implication?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That led the Minister to the conclusion that the shareholdings in Aer Lingus, as the former national carrier for an island nation, would be a matter of strategic consideration and concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: How many bids have been received in respect of Bord Gáis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay, but the Minister said there were robust bids.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did those who advised the Minister on the robustness of these bids give an indication as to the number of bids?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister did not ask about the number of bidders or whether it was a single bid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I find that strange; I would have thought he would ask.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that the Minister must be at arm's length from the detail of the bids. The Minister says he is sure there is competitive bidding but he does not know the figure-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has been informed there is more than one bid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: If I may ask the Minister about the workers in Bord Gáis Energy, what will be the implications for them when the deal is sealed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Disposal of State Assets and Quarterly Review: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has not made any inquiries in respect of that?