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- Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Page 54 of the programme for Government refers to a decisive shift in health services to primary care in the community. The issue was raised during Leaders' Questions this morning in terms of the need for more acute beds throughout the country. Some 1,600 in total are required, with 28 of those in Sligo University Hospital alone. The Social Welfare Bill provides an opportunity for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Ms Finan was on that committee. Can she comment on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: The Chairman might bear in mind that I lent some of my time to finish off a question for Deputy Cullinane. During Ms Finan's time at the Northern Ireland advisory committee, did she ever get a sense from the Northern Ireland representatives, such as Mr. Cushnahan, that its strategic focus was to extract the Northern Ireland interest from the NAMA portfolio?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Did the tension manifest itself through a suggestion that the throwing of all the developers in the South under a bus would destroy the economy in the North?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: They wanted to avoid it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: No, I understand that. As time is limited, I have to rush at times when I get what I need and apologise if it comes across as rude. Was there a sense that the Northern Ireland representatives were reporting to the First Minister, the Executive or anybody else?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Of course. We know that they were.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Was it assumed that they were reporting to them, or that there was a reporting structure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I know of their legal obligations; I just wanted to know whether there was a sense that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I am conscious that Ms Finan left in December. Was it ever suggested during a discussion that a memorandum of understanding that could be included in any sale negotiations by NAMA might be drawn up to cater for the worries of the Northern Ireland side, or those of the Southern side in the light of NAMA's responsibilities to the taxpayer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I presume it would have applied between the Northern Ireland Government and the third party which might be the ultimate buyer of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: I would like to put a question to Mr. Corrigan. We heard evidence yesterday from the deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness, on the specific question of a memorandum of understanding that had emerged. It was prepared by at least one half of the Executive in Northern Ireland. To the best of Mr. McGuinness's recollection - he said he thought he was correct, but he...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Let us leave the context aside for one moment. To Mr. Corrigan's recollection or knowledge, as a board member all through this period, the existence or otherwise of a memorandum of understanding was not party to the sale negotiations, as far as the board had been informed. Would it be fair to say this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Is it simply that Mr. Corrigan has no recall, or can he confidently say-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Is it the case that Mr. Corrigan could stand corrected or that he was not so aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Suffice it to say Mr. Corrigan is sure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: Mr. Corrigan does not believe the board was informed of any memorandum of understanding or its contents, or of anything else around the sale.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: If there was such a memorandum of understanding and it advocated the release of guarantees, would Mr. Corrigan have a view on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Marc MacSharry: It would.