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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I have a series of questions, which are probably for Ms Birmingham. A number of times during their speeches, Mr. Daly and Mr. McDonagh spoke about acting on a commercial basis, which has prohibited them from doing things that other people would have expected them to do, be they debtors, politicians or people in Ratoath. The terms "social dividend" and "social return" were bandied around an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: In effect section 10 overrode section 2. NAMA was paid for the land it sold to the Department of Education and Skills and the land for social housing. There were no dollars lost.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Why were so many of the houses offered to local authorities returned? Was there an overarching reason or did authorities have individual reasons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I cannot find readily, which is not to say it is not there, the cost of managing the assets NAMA has taken over since 2009. NAMA does not manage them itself. Can Ms Birmingham tell me if it is possible to get information for the past nine years on who manages them, the breakdown of contracts, how they are awarded, and whether there is an audit of what the sub-contractors charge the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Do they charge NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Is there an audit, from NAMA’s perspective, through the debtors and receivers, of the third party contractor doing the work, whether securing the property, or fixing a window?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: That is why they do not appear in NAMA’s books.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Does NAMA audit every single deduction that the debtors or receivers make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Is there a difference between what would be an acceptable cost deduction for washing windows today versus the cost in 2009? I ask because I have heard anecdotally from several sources that contractors were charging, for example, €10 to do a particular job but the final bill sent to NAMA by the debtor or receiver was a multiple of that amount. I want to know if there was an audit trail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Who is the independent auditor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Is NAMA auditing them itself?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank Mr. McDonagh.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46078/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acute Hospital Services: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank the witnesses for their volunteering, for giving of their time and for their commitment to the project in recent years because it is a testament to the quality that currently is on the board. I wish to add a tiny note to the effect it is sad that Mr. O'Flynn was obliged to say - I know why he said it - he was pleased the boards now are based on competency as opposed to the way it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank everybody for coming in this morning and, in particular, Mr. O'Brien for his statement. What impact do the witnesses expect the negotiations, which are hopefully concluded and will be agreed by the INMO membership after Christmas, to have on the day-to-day running of the emergency departments nationally? Is it tangible? Is it possible to estimate by what factor it will reduce the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: In fact, it is. If the Chairman does not mind bearing with me for one second, I am not being critical at all. The reason I was sad is that we have nearly 100,000 people, who Mr. O'Brien represents so ably, delivering what are, in the main, quality services. Mr. O'Brien is correct that we get beaten up 100% of the time for the 2% of the time that people make mistakes. While we do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: Can I interrupt Mr. Woods because I am a bit boggled? When he refers to the 301 beds, is that the 301 of the 440 or 214 beds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: There are 154 missing beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank Mr. Woods.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Task Force on Overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments: Discussion (17 Dec 2015)

Regina Doherty: My question is for Mr. Woods. I thank him for the sheet he circulated. Regarding the eight beds that were opened in Drogheda and remain open, which is great, do they reflect the side bar deal that was done with Tony Fitzpatrick and the INMO six or eight months ago? I am continually told we reneged on that deal because we had not bothered to recruit all the nurses required to open the beds....