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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) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Cerberus bought the loan book. We keep asking NAMA what would have happened had it rolled out an asset-by-asset sale over a longer period, and sold them individually or in small groups, rather than a loan book sale. Would Cerberus have been interested in buying the assets rolled out over time rather than buying the loan book in one go?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Cerberus had to have the critical mass, and became interested because there was critical mass.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Cerberus has been working out the loans since 2014 and has already given information about how much it has sold off. Are things going well? Does Cerberus force sales or work out arrangements with the borrowers and try to work out the assets gradually? Is Cerberus putting pressure on borrowers? Does Cerberus work it through like a bank, or does it identify an asset it wants to get rid of...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I asked because I have heard through the grapevine that Cerberus is selling off some assets in Southern Ireland whose owners want to work them through, and that Cerberus is forcing their hands. That is speculation again.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: By when will Cerberus have all the properties in Project Eagle, which Cerberus purchased in 2014, sold off or worked through? Is there a timescale, or does Cerberus just keep going?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: In hindsight, Mr. Neporent is glad he came to Ireland and got involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: That is fair enough. Has Mr. Neporent any comment on the ongoing investigations which he identified, such as those of the National Crimes Agency, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and US Department of Justice? Why does he think the investigations are happening and would Mr. Neporent like to elaborate on what he said?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Why is the USA investigation in particular taking place? Can Mr. Neporent elaborate on, or explain, it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Was the Comptroller and Auditor General aware of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Did he receive a bowl of shamrock also?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: For clarification, did PIMCO get access to the data room?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: PIMCO was therefore in the data room prior to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: We are not talking about Cerberus. We are talking about PIMCO. PIMCO had access to the data room.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: That is important. It had full access to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: That is a very important point.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I presume representatives of PIMCO would have taken notes. When-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: For the 12-month period that it was there, from April until-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (22 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when formal State recognition will be provided to the Traveller community as an ethnic group, in line with a previous statement by the Attorney General in July 2015 that no impediment exists in respect of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35798/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocol for allocation of resource teaching hours in respect of students with learning disabilities who have shown general improvements in day to day learning and end of term examinations; if a student with a learning disability achieves high scores in their end of term examinations, whether resource teaching hours are likely to be...

Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (23 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me the time to raise this very important matter on behalf of the families in Carlow and Kilkenny who have been disaffected by the current school transport system. A clear commitment was given in the programme for Government for the school transport system to be reviewed in advance of budget 2017. A press release was issued by the Department of...