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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 15 November 2016, the reasons that sectors such as print, that is, newspapers and magazines, and hair dressing services, are included in the 9% VAT rate bracket; if he is satisfied that the 9% VAT rate applicable here to the supply of certain goods and services related to the tourist industry should include such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains or supports a national patient registry of adult neuromuscular diseases, acquired and inherited, that captures epidemiological data in a standardised form and profiles a true picture of the burden of neuromuscular diseases in a population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in rolling out the national broadband plan; when the procurement stage is to be completed; his plans to address the disparity in levels of broadband coverage and line speeds in different areas; his further plans to address providers' headline line speeds and those that are actually delivered to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) is still in a position to deliver their report within the 12-week timeframe with regard to the non-statutory inquiry to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the distribution of tickets for the Rio Olympic Games and related matters; if the person has supplied him with an interim report or draft...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 2 November 2016, if he has reverted to Sport Ireland with comments on the cost-benefit analysis; if so, the progress made to date; the work that is required on the cost-benefit analysis to ensure compliance with the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35838/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commence with the regulation of clamping vehicles which is provided for in Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a marked differential that goes beyond a currency conversion and its impact on consumer shopping habits; the steps she will take to ensure that consumers can be protected from paying more for the same items sold by the same retailers operating here and in Britain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Chairman. The witness sees how tight the time is, so I would appreciate if his answers could be quite short as well as to the point. I think NAMA was described as the biggest property entity in the world at one point, so big firms would have been aware of it and NAMA would have been aware of the very big firms that are likely to buy the big portfolios. That would be true....

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: These were firms that were capable. These four firms would have had the capacity because they have demonstrated capacity. Why not contact as many as possible that had the capacity? Why do one group and then go to the next group to see what was the interest? There was a difficulty anyway with the process in that it was going to be a single process rather a two-stage process that would be...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 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) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. When PIMCO withdrew, did Mr. Long advise NAMA that the breakneck speed might not be a good idea and that it might be better to go back to the drawing board, given that it had lost the certainty?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What was Mr. Long told about PIMCO's withdrawal and what did he tell the firms he talked to about it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We have a single process that was being added to. Particular groups were dropping out and others were being added. It was rushed. In its letter, Fortress, and others, told us:Considerations taken into account by Fortress included the quality and completeness of the diligence information made available to Fortress; that the portfolio constituted a large exposure in a very small,...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Which ones?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Did Mr. Long agree with the rationale? His expertise was to advise, in most cases, although he had much more limited criteria set out for him regarding the bid. If he had been setting out the process and wanted to get the greatest competitive tension into the process, would he have put the same range of constraints in place?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Which it subsequently did.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Fortress has told us it was aware of the constraints. Cerberus and any other company bidding would have been conscious of the constraints. They would have known it would have limited the competition for them. Might this have had an impact on the amount of money that was eventually paid for the portfolio?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There was criticism about the process being closed. It seems to have been closed only for some. It was reopened for Fortress and Goldman Sachs after others had been told it was closed. It is hardly good business practice to have different criteria for different groups of people. Why was it the case? Who decided it? Did NAMA dictate it or did Mr. Long suggest it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Firm E was informed by Lazard that the process was closed after press coverage yet it was afterwards that Goldman Sachs and Fortress were allowed back in. Is that what happened Mr. Long? Were others told the process was closed after press coverage?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It certainly would not build confidence for someone if one told them for tactical reasons rather than the reason-----