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Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and, in principle, support the concept of a directly elected mayor, but I would like to see it delivered in the context of wider local government reform. Many city regions do very well. In fact, it is not something that would cost; it could be an engine for a whole lot of other things that would benefit the whole country. While a directly...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Many of them are not from Kildare originally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the delegations. Mr. Faughnan made a point about car ownership but it is more about car usage and giving people a choice. I remember that exact point being made when I was on the consultative panel of the Dublin Transportation Initiative, DTI, a long time ago. It is a question of how we are using transport modes. That particular initiative looked at land use and transportation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What are the numbers the NTA expects from each component to change the public transport mode?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Graham.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We are awaiting the strategy from each of the sectors on our climate obligations, and transport is one of the big sectors. Is this a component of the decision making? Is additional funding available to make a better choice? A bus will last a long time, and making a good choice may well save money in the longer run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What are the impediments in terms of changing the mode of transport, for example moving people from using the car for short hops? It can be quite expensive for bus trips of one or two stops in the city centre. Is that an impediment or something that can be measured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Does that include radial routes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: People could also travel to Cork and spend their money there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Is it known whether public moneys were invested in the capital assets that the foundations now control?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: From where are the funds derived?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses have said NAMA engaged Lazard to find bidders. Mr. Patrick Long was before the committee the other day. Prompted by some of the questions asked, I want to clarify a few things. At the time the portfolio was being sold, there were four firms that had acted on nearly 90% of the assets that had a par value of over £1 billion. None of these firms was on the first list of...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Does it not seem odd that NAMA had bypassed in the first round the biggest firms that had a profile of dealing with loans or assets in that range?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Does that not suggest that NAMA was pretty much happy with the bid on the table, that NAMA was just testing it against others - the much wider sweep of people invited in at an early point - that it was a rushed process anyway and that it was a single process? Does that not suggest that this was a flawed approach?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: To be-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The difficulty is that there appears to have been people who were bidders, or potential bidders, who felt there was a perceived advantage to PIMCO, which had been in the process a long time. Deputy MacSharry has just referred to what Fortress told the committee about not being allowed to syndicate pre-bid finance. I appreciate that Mr. Daly has answered this but it appears there were a lot...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I want to come to a number of other questions. If I was getting something valued and I wanted to buy it I would probably go to someone local who had a better knowledge of the area if I was unfamiliar with the area. Will the witnesses explain whether the valuations about which Deputy MacSharry asked were locally valued?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: So, NAMA did not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: So NAMA did not get local valuers to value the Northern Ireland aspect of the portfolio?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Okay, because local valuers were excluded, in that people or entities who may have come in were not allowed to use local valuers.