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Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The planning tribunal, which lasted 15 years, detailed a web of corruption in planning in Dublin city in the late 1980s and early 1990s and culminated in a report by Mr. Justice Mahon which recommended a series of detailed proposals aimed at preventing a repeat of what had gone before. Among his recommendations was the establishment of an independent planning regulator. When the report was...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a matter of record that Seán Dunne and Sean Mulryan were to be the chief beneficiaries of these manoeuvres. All of this happened at a time when both individuals were struggling with massive debts accumulated through Anglo Irish Bank and other financial institutions. I understand that Mr. Mulryan is to appear before the banking inquiry.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that Mr. Mulryan is to appear before the banking inquiry during the summer. Perhaps he will be probed on some of the matters arising. The Wicklow case also features a disturbing claim that on 2 September 2014 a file relating to allegations of corruption in planning in Wicklow, which had been handed into the office of the Minister's predecessor by Mr. Barry Nevin, a former member...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure Mr. Nevin has no issue with me mentioning him. Despite the fact that only a small number of people could have been aware of the contents of the file or had access to the Minister's office, I understand the mystery of who took this file remains unsolved. Clearly there is something amiss in all of this. I am not accusing the current Minister of involvement in anything underhand,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: NAMA Operations (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will take the necessary steps to bring the National Asset Management Agency under the remit of the freedom of information legislation. [18245/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is currently awaiting back-payments of disability allowance; and the length of time it will be before these payments are received. [18421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (12 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 25 February 2015, the reason, for issuing a new personal public service number card, deed poll documentation, signed by a solicitor, is not sufficient; the reason such documentation must be registered with the High Court and a fee paid before it is deemed valid for the purposes of issuing a new...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (13 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the public sector sources which are permitted to provide the personal details of persons to Irish Water, under section 26 of the Water Services Act 2013; and the number of persons whose information has been provided to Irish Water in this manner. [18816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who receive estimated bills from Irish Water will have their moneys taken directly from their pay, pension or social welfare payment should their bill go unpaid. [18971/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte roimh uilig. To take up where we left off earlier, does Mr. Moran now have figures and daily or hourly rates in respect of KPMG?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could he share them with the committee, please?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the basis of those figures, is Mr. Moran in a position to illuminate more fully the potential costs of this exercise?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Moran. When the Minister decided to go this particular route and ask the special liquidator to carry out what amounts to an internal review, whom did he seek advice from within the Department? I am working on the assumption that there was a departmental discussion on options and approaches that might be taken on this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Mr. Moran or Ms Nolan suggest this approach to the Minister, or was it his initiative?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: So Mr. Moran suggested that KPMG be appointed and that the review be carried out in the manner that was subsequently announced by the Minister because he thought it the “most efficient and the most effective” approach. I hope I am quoting Mr. Moran correctly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let us just take it step by step.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: So what Mr. Moran is telling us is that not alone did he think it would be the most efficient and effective approach, but that it would also be the most illuminating approach?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Moran used the word "illuminate". Therefore I am extrapolating that the review was to be illuminating.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: To cut to the chase, I put it to Mr. Moran that the Department, albeit not under his leadership, has not exactly cloaked itself in glory in respect of illuminating very much, it seems, certainly in respect of Siteserv and potentially further transactions. Mr. Moran’s consistent theme this morning has been that all of these things happened and that he was unaware of them because he was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of who the liquidator is.