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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) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: Did Mr. Declan Reid speak to NAMA at all prior to putting together the pack?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: Would Mr. Declan Reid have sought information from NAMA in respect of preparing this briefing pack?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: However, he did not formally meet NAMA.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: As part of this process, when putting together this briefing document, did Mr. Declan Reid have any face-to-face meetings with NAMA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: The briefing pack stated the Comptroller and Auditor General’s office was best positioned to independently review the Project Eagle sale and make its determination. It has made its determination and that is why it is important to see were the Department and the Minister accepting the determination of the report. We have dealt with that. On the power of NAMA, the Minister said it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: The Minister talked about NAMA’s independence and mandate. The Minister has a role in influence, maybe. He certainly has a role in-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: What power does that give the Minister?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: Did the Minister ever give a direction to NAMA to speed up the sale of assets?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: The Minister never asked NAMA to speed up a sale.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: In response to a parliamentary question on 25 March-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: I accept that. The Minister responded to a parliamentary question on 25 March 2014. In it he stated, "I have asked NAMA to evaluate their disposal timing and strategy in the context of current market demand and explore the advantages and disadvantages of accelerating its disposal strategy". A report in the Irish Independenton 19 February 2014 stated:Mr. Noonan told reporters he had...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: Did the Minister advise NAMA to accelerate the sale of properties?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: People could put different interpretations on that. If the Minister gave advice, if he had a conversation with them, people could see that differently, they could see that conversation as being around speeding up the sale of assets. Whether NAMA took on that advice -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: That is the question I asked the Minister earlier -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: That is the precise question I asked the Minister earlier. I asked him if he gave advice to NAMA to speed up the sale of assets.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: That is semantics.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: The Minister talked earlier -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: The Minister has given his view on that. He talked earlier about the sales process and he referenced a conference call that took place between the Deputy First Minister, the First Minister and himself. I do not know if others were involved in that conference call. The call related to the sales process. He then said that he made it very clear that this had to be a fully competitive and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: On all occasions the Minister was very clear that this had to be a fully competitive and open process. Mr. Frank Daly was here last week and he said: "There was a concern that a fully open sales process, which would by its nature take longer to conduct, would freeze activity in the Northern Ireland market for a period of nine to 12 months". He then went on to say that NAMA "did not believe...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)
David Cullinane: Minister, with respect-----