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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: We are talking about the potential to realise €1 million. A total of approximately €2.5 million has been realised.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Murnane to tell me about the balance of €6.5 million. Can he give me a level at which Bord na gCon as an organisation will be in a position to be sustainable and to make capital repayments in respect of the Limerick greyhound track at Greenpark?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are the witnesses at liberty to say what assets will be involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could they realise that level of funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Mr. Meaney about the lessons that have been learned from what has happened. Ultimately, we are charged with asking about the public purse and taxpayers' money. What has Bord na gCon learned from what has happened and what measures has it taken to ensure it never happens again?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the body's timescale for dealing with the €12.5 million overhang by way of disposals? When will Bord na gCon be in a position whereby the debt levels in Greenpark are at a sustainable level or, ideally, wiped out.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Over the next two years, a structure will be put in place. What does Bord na gCon anticipate it will do with the Meelick site?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: How many acres are there?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: How many acres is the Greenpark site?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who owns the parking area at Greenpark?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: At a nominal rent of-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In, essence, it is freehold.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is the point I was getting to. It is not strictly correct to say it is €4 million. That €1 million will never come into being.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What would be the situation in which the vendor would instigate that call option?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will Mr. Murnane explain that again?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I assume that is a contingent liability because, ultimately, the risk is that if there is any development on the site and he applies for planning and gets refused for the overflow carpark, he can call on that €1 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I did.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. Some €1.4 million in costs was incurred in regard to the site filling at Greenpark but is that separate from the carpark?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: No. Some €1.4 million was incurred on site filling at the Greenpark site. This was originally provided by the vendor at no cost. Is that separate from the carpark?