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Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The Deputy did not know about it and neither did we.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The Deputy should admit the truth.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Like other speakers, I want to say how disappointed and taken aback I am that the Minister, for whom I have good respect, would come in tonight and attack the Chairman of the PAC, who has done a fantastic job over the last eight months, given all the hearings we had and the hours and hours of questioning. To think that a senior Minister of the Government would come in and attack cross-party...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: We had months of hearings and months of agreement and then, all of sudden, we have this over something that is factual. When we were questioning the Minister for Finance, we did not know he had, 48 hours before the deal was clinched, met with Cerberus, which was successful in the bid. We did not know that at the time. Now, they are trying to come in and say they knew about it.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: If they knew about it, why did they not declare it at the meeting when the Minister was in front of us for hours?

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Why did the Minister himself not inform us of that?

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: How did the Minister declare it on that day? He said it had been unwise of him to meet Cerberus, the company that was successful in the end. There has been a tribal attitude on the part of Members opposite in thinking they have to surround the Minister and cushion him from any complaint when all we are saying is that it is a fact that he did meet Cerberus. It was in the notes of the...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Why was it not left open to ten, 12 or 15 bidders, like anyone else would have done? If one throws open a process, the more bidders there are, the more the merrier and the more money one gets from the sale. That is the way it goes. Why was all of it confined? It came down to just two bidders, Cerberus and Fortress. Why were there only two left in the end? I have a lot of questions....

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I have a lot more to say. Like Deputy Marc MacSharry, I believe we are being confined in the time limits when we have a lot more to say in the Chamber about a very important issue.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: He was before the committee for six hours and never gave-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available through his Department to persons with disabilities or limited mobility who wish to buy a car or adapt an existing car to hoist and transport a wheelchair or mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15545/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when the schemes devised to replace the mobility allowance grant and the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15547/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 126. To ask the Minister for Health when the review process of the fair deal scheme in respect of farmers will be concluded and its recommendations published; if the changes made to equalise the scheme for farmers will be legislated for by the next budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in an AEOS 2 payment in respect of a person (details supplied); if he will expedite payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15628/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Regulation (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to reopen the rivers Nore and Suir for snapnet fishing for this season (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if insurance companies are permitted to use eircodes in assessing the eligibility of a person for insurance purposes and in particular flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade the N24 road between counties Waterford and Limerick; if he has given consideration to bypassing towns on this route such as Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Tipperary town, Mooncoin, Piltown and Limerick Junction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/17]

Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I will just take up where the Deputy finished. The downturn, or the recession, had an effect on our investment in third-level institutions. My own party recognises this. As has been said, the Cassells report identified a need for €600 million of an investment up until 2021. We have slipped somewhat in the world-wide rankings. Some of our universities have slipped. It is a pity to...

Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: We need that every year.

Public Accounts Committee: HEA - Financial Statement 2015 (29 Mar 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I mean we need to increase funding by that much every year.