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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) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about NAMA's assertion that in any event, around Mr. Cushnahan and the management of conflicts of interest, it would not have been in a position to remove him because of the consequences north of the Border? In the view of the deputy First Minister, is that an accurate assertion ? Would it have caused a diplomatic situation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why did the deputy First Minister come here today?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the deputy First Minister think that his performance in his office was, as a colleague has suggested, below par? Does the deputy First Minister accept that criticism?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the deputy First Minister think that First Minister Robinson's performance was below par?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to know in respect of Project Eagle.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Finally, does the deputy First Minister think that First Minister Robinson should attend this forum and co-operate?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department’s ongoing engagements with Dublin City Council residents and other interested parties in Longboat Quay Dublin; and the steps being taken by the relevant authorities to deal with the outstanding building regulations and fire compliance issues at that site. [35443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the national oversight and audit commission report on rented house inspections published in October 2016 and, in particular, on the findings in the report of the low inspection levels in many local authorities, the 55% non-compliance rate in properties inspected and the €1.3 million shortfall in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I know we cannot cover everything in the work programme but that is a really critical issue in terms of the use of public resources and regulation generally and is certainly something I would be most keen for us to focus on. Notwithstanding all this work, I do not know if we would be in a position to start indicating when we might turn to an issue such as that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a critical issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I assume it would be overly ambitious to suggest that we could deal with that issue before Christmas.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: In respect of the nursing homes and the fair deal scheme, could the Comptroller and Auditor General contextualise that issue within the work and audits he has carried out? I do not want to delay matters but I am trying to get a sense of how we would frame the discussion we need to have on this issue within the HSE audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: We referred to a number of people we would like to have before the committee. I accept the Chairman's point that the hearings cannot go on forever. However, for the purposes of thoroughness, what is the position regarding Brown Rudnick and Mr. Tuvi Keinan? Has there been any word from them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about Ronnie Hanna?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy David Cullinane raised the possibility of bringing back the legal advisers to the National Asset Management Agency. That is Mr. Cox.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Many issues arise, for example, in respect of what happened on the famous telephone calls on which we have a direct conflict of evidence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, NAMA's head of legal should be here.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of information, perhaps the Deputy might give way in order that I can get clarification from the Comptroller and Attorney General. On advisers, their role and how it changed, Mr. Corrigan seems to have asserted that there was one approach at the time of Project Eagle and that it evolved into something more sophisticated.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to check if that is factually correct.

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a point of clarification.