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- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: What information would Mr. Daly make available to the person making the complaint? Would he say it to the mediator and would he say it to his or her legal representatives? Is there a process of appeal where a person feels aggrieved for one reason or another?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: I am not saying that is my opinion; I read the remark which had been made.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: I am not saying that is my opinion but that I have heard the comment made. I am saying there are individuals who hold that point of view. I am asking Mr. Daly, in view of the fact that NAMA is geared by taxpayers money, if he would turn around to these individuals who had made a complaint about the company and say, "I would like to hear what you have to say about where the service fell down...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: I have heard the complaints and will tell and encourage those concerned who feel the process did not serve them very well to get in touch with the chairman and the chief executive officer of NAMA to see what their response is. Any such complaint should be treated carefully because the welfare and wellbeing of individuals are at stake. Of course NAMA has to do a job for the taxpayer. If you...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: I will get the individuals to complain and I will monitor the process just to see how fair it is.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: In his reply to Deputy Connaughton, Mr McDonagh spoke about the sale of lands. I want to check with him if NAMA evaluates the performance of receivers?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: What role does NAMA have in that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: Has Mr. McDonagh ever had a complaint regarding a receiver and property and such property being almost allowed to run down and therefore eliminating the possibility of getting the best possible sale price for the taxpayer?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: Would the receiver be allowed to employ someone who perhaps has had some other association with NAMA or does a receiver employ someone who is absolutely independent in terms of managing these properties?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: In a partnership position we could have one partner in NAMA and the other partner, having declared themselves bankrupt, could still be employed by NAMA. We could have all of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: Has Mr. McDonagh examined those specific circumstances to make sure that their business is being properly conducted in that way?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: In all the complaints NAMA received in regard to this matter, would any of those complaints have been withheld or been found to be correct, or would they all have been found to be spurious?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: No. I am talking about the outcome.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: Did NAMA ever delist them or take anyone off its list of receivers?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: You have.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: In terms of the receiver appointing an auctioneer to dispose of some property, does NAMA insist that the auctioneer firm or individual auctioneer appointed is specific to that type of business, in other words, if he or she was disposing of agricultural land, that it would be someone whose name would be attached to that sector, or do you mine?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: If you had a complaint about that, you would investigate it.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: An eight acre site was sold for €688,000 in a particular location and the general comment locally is that people were not aware of the sale, that it was sold at a give away price, that there were others interested in it and that the sale of the land did not realise its true value. I raise this matter with Mr. McDonagh because if that was the case, the taxpayer would not have got...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: Okay. I will come back to Mr. McDonagh later on. I call Deputy Perry.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
John McGuinness: How many accountancy firms and law firms does NAMA use?