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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) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I note that.

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 skip on to something else-----

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: Picking up on the point that was made about how PIMCO approached and made the bid, we have heard about what proportion of the assets and loans were valued and that it was an in-house approach. Mr. John Mulcahy described the PIMCO bid to the committee as a "superb offer". He was basing that on only a portion of the assets being valued and the loans being valued in-house. Is there any...

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: It actually influenced the process by virtue of the fact that they came with an offer on the table. It became a single process as opposed to the customary best-practice two-phased approach where one opens it up to a wide group and then one narrows it down. More information is probably offered to those in the second round. The process appears to have been influenced by the fact that the bid...

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: Was it not an opportunity for others to be involved? If PIMCO saw it as an opportunity, surely others would have as well. Would testing that opportunity in a two-phased process not have been the correct 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: Some of them dropped out and have stated their reasons for doing so.

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 Mr. Daly agree with Mr. Mulcahy that it was a superb bid?

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: He would have been an influencer at the table.

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: He was for most of it, though.

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: With constraints.

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: Something is niggling at me. There is a discrepancy of €2.8 million that Cerberus is claiming is in dispute. Will the witnesses enlighten us on this matter?

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome this Bill. It is seeking a solution to something that really should not have occurred, that is the targeting of homes and businesses, even in situations in which there has been huge investment to overcome problems where flooding had occurred. The environment committee I was a member of in the last Dáil carried out an extensive report into this issue. It was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of gardaí stationed at Maynooth Garda station in view of the fact that the town has a large student population in addition to permanent residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date and her plans for 2017 in recruiting civilian personnel in order to replace fully trained gardaí that are currently assigned to office-only duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37209/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that are officially designated as community gardaí; the number of those gardaí that are using a non-garda.ie email address to correspond with members of the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37429/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on that fact that the mailing preference database operates on a radically different legal basis than the telephone preference service, particularly in view of the potentially significant penalties which might be levied on businesses for failing to respect marketing opt outs under the EU General Data Protection Regulation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas and Electricity Disconnections (29 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 702. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that gas and electricity companies will not disconnect customers from services during December 2016 and into the early months of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37387/16]

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2016 (Seanad): Committee Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I can understand both sides of the argument on this. It would be useful to have a timeframe for when the evaluation will be done on these particular drugs and when an expanded list might be included in other legislation. A timeline for such would be quite useful.