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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) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Would that fall into the conflict of interest category? Is it a practice that Mr. McCarthy has seen before or does it deviate from process?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We also heard that there was no disadvantage to anyone who subsequently entered the process. Given the timelines involved, does Mr. McCarthy accept that that is correct? Was there an advantage to someone who was in the process earlier?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Time could have been a serious factor in terms of achieving the best financial outcome.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. McCarthy stated that he would stand over his report. Is there anything in it that he would strengthen?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Earlier, I asked the Comptroller and Auditor General a question regarding the role of his office in the day-to-day workings of NAMA because the impression was created during some earlier hearings, and explicitly again this morning, that the Comptroller and Auditor General had a large team in NAMA examining its every transaction. It is this "impression" I would like to focus on. In response...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The point is that the Department does not have a culture of being forthcoming with information, in my experience. For example, I have tabled many questions on the same broad topic. If the first question had been answered it would have been to the Department's credit in terms of accountability. It looks like the same pattern will have pertained in relation to this. In other words, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: When it was raised in the Dáil regarding-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It was raised in the Dáil in advance of July 2014.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will leave the point and return to it. I may return to it in writing.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: After that it was dismissed by way of questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Maybe we need to ask the Minister directly rather than Ms Nolan.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What was asked was very forthright. On the reduction in the timeline from 2020 to 2018 in terms of the disposal of the assets, Ms Nolan made the point that one would not want to be left with assets in such an environment in 2020. Neither would one want to be left with them in 2018. The same set of circumstances apply. It truncates the timeline in which one can dispose of the assets. Did...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I will read the report. Would Ms Nolan regard it as a coincidence that the reserve price was the same as the price being offered for the asset, or did the Department consider it, even in retrospect?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Last week, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission approved the acquisition of the Celtic Media group by Independent News and Media, INM. It is now up to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, and presumably the Cabinet, to accept or reject this acquisition. Earlier this year, a report authored by Dr. Roddy Flynn of Dublin City University identified the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am not entirely sure what to make of that response. The Constitution certainly does include a section on property rights but all rights have to be balanced and, indeed, the section in the Constitution is balanced by a second section which deals with the common good. Essentially, the point I am making is that there is no reason for the Government to make matters worse where there is...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What is the Taoiseach's view?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday, we were told that this year is the warmest year on record. We heard the President-elect of the United States, Mr. Trump, say he would tear up the Paris Agreement. We will miss the 2020 target in terms of our own commitment, but what position are we currently at in terms of the sectoral plans for agriculture, transport and the built environment? When are we likely to see progress...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that are operating on a part-time basis, that is, less than a full 24-hour period; the provisions that have been made to compensate districts affected by a reduced face-to-face service with An Garda Síochána and/or a station operating on reduced hours; when the six stations due to reopen under a pilot...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda Stations (15 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to the number of Garda stations that are open on a part-time basis and to a pilot proposal to open an additional six stations, and if there is any intention to expand the scheme beyond those six stations.