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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)

Alan Farrell: And Deputy Josepha Madigan.

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

Alan Farrell: Come on.

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

Alan Farrell: The Deputy is inferring wrongdoing.

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

Alan Farrell: Then you are actually inferring wrongdoing, which the report does not.

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

Alan Farrell: I wish to start by thanking the Chairman and all the members of the Committee of Public Accounts for the considerable amount of work that they put into this report. It would be remiss of me not to say that at the outset. I believe that the vast majority of members did their very best to interpret the information that was presented to them in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. I...

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

Alan Farrell: I would say on that basis we should have recalled the Minister-----

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

Alan Farrell: ----- to question him on the matter if we felt so inclined. We did not. Again, we were remiss in that regard as well. I regret entirely that, as Deputy Cassells said himself at the launch of the report, it was descending into a debate about Project Eagle and all the rest of it, when we had in fact covered the issues already. I agreed with him. However, the reason the Fine Gael members...

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

Alan Farrell: Yes, and it is a matter of public record that it was dealt with at the meeting. What I would say, and it is not a slight on those who reported it, is that there are two reasons we are debating this matter in the first place: first, NAMA's bordering on aggressive response to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, which I think was entirely inappropriate; and, second, the member of the...

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

Alan Farrell: I will ignore Deputy MacSharry. The person, whomever that was, set up the entire response and it undermined the entire process. I am sure the Chairman will accept that. I raised that point at the launch and I firmly believe that it did undermine our entire process. It took the focus away from NAMA and one can guarantee, from what I have seen on RTE and in other places, that the actual...

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

Alan Farrell: No, I am talking about prior to this evening. The entire focus has not been on NAMA and the potential loss to the taxpayer; it has been on the Minister for Finance and his officials.

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

Alan Farrell: I think that, in itself, is inappropriate. I will leave it there and I thank the Chair for adhering to the wishes of the Ceann Comhairle in terms of affording members of the Committee of Public Accounts an opportunity to contribute this evening.

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

Alan Farrell: Hear, hear.

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

Alan Farrell: It is a legal interpretation.

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

Alan Farrell: Deputy Michael McGrath knew about it.

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

Alan Farrell: The Deputy knew. That is all I am saying.

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

Alan Farrell: It was circulated on Tuesday.

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

Alan Farrell: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings of the dedicated project steering group for metro north to date; the details of the membership of the steering group; the details of each stage of the work to be undertaken by the steering group; the timeframe for the completion of each stage of this work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chairman for his preamble. I listened carefully to what Mr. Colm Ó Mongáin had to say about the freedom of information requests and while I have not seen them, they were partially-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: Yes. The freedom of information officer in the Health Service Executive rejected or only partially responded to a freedom of information request. Is it possible for the committee to obtain a determination on this matter? I found that the request was direct and specific, yet the HSE determined that it was too broad. My reading is that it was not too broad, although I appreciate this will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)

Alan Farrell: Can the committee elicit the Information Commissioner's view on the decision, perhaps in correspondence? I would find such a view interesting and I suspect it would be good guide for members of the public, Members and journalists if they had such information in hand. On foot of the information provided, only a partial picture was presented and issues arose subsequently. I suspect it would...