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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)
Catherine Connolly: He does not know. In relation to his superb offer and wonderful opportunity, Mr. Mulcahy was surprised someone came forward with the offer they did. Is that 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)
Catherine Connolly: He would have sold for a lesser sum. Is that correct, given everything he has outlined and the worries?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: That is very honest and straight. He was not involved in the sale process whatsoever.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: When he read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and looked at the various elements in the sales process, was it something that would have given him cause for concern when he was there at the time?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: It would not. As such, Mr. Mulcahy disagrees with the Comptroller and Auditor General on the concerns raised regarding the limited time and information.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: On all of those issues.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: What is valid in relation to what he raised?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Where does he make the commercial judgment?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Mulcahy is totally wrong and I suggest he goes back and rereads it. He has made no commercial decision. He has made no judgment.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: He makes no comment on the decisions by NAMA to sell. He makes no comment on its commercial judgment. He looks at the records and raises issues. What he says is that he is not reassured in relation to the 10% the witnesses say NAMA used. He is not reassured by NAMA's explanations. Sorry now, but throwing up of hands is not helpful because this is the report we are dealing with. We are...
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: I apologise and I will give Mr. Mulcahy a chance.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: I do not accept that at all.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: I am not here to take sides. I am here to listen to witnesses and Mr. Mulcahy is coming back and saying something that is not true from what I can see. When I say "not true", I refer to his interpretation of the report. I am sure the Comptroller and Auditor General will come back in as he has done before.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: When Ms Finan says "verbalise", does that mean someone saying, "I have a conflict of interest", but no details are given?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Do they give the details verbally?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: We are not investigating Mr. Neporent. I thank him for attending the meeting. Our job is examine the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and the concerns he has raised regarding the sales process and a conflict of interest. From our point of view PIMCO was in place and was working on it for almost a year before it pulled out. Less than 12 days later it offered the witness its services.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Yes, Brown Rudnick. This has been raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. I will ask some questions about that because I am not clear about what the witness's knowledge was about the withdrawal of PIMCO.
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. What was Mr. Neporent's knowledge of the withdrawal of PIMCO? What were the circumstances of its withdrawal?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: When he approached the witness on this day, whatever time it was after PIMCO withdrew, did the witness have a verbal chat with him?
- 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)
Catherine Connolly: Was it on the street or elsewhere?