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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the role of independent auditor of Ervia and Irish Water held by a company (details supplied) will be extended beyond 2021 or if an open tender will ensue. [46950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that will manage the promotion of Garda sergeants, inspectors and superintendents in the future under her Department’s planned reforms. [46859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the CSO keeping Garda PULSE data under reservation; the actions her Department is taking to improve the quality of Garda PULSE data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46861/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person or body that is responsible for the collection, input and centralisation of data under the new Garda operational model; and the person or body that will hold the position of data controller in each division. [46862/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the ongoing pay dispute with senior officers of An Garda Síochána in relation to the availability allowance; and the impact of this dispute on current GSOC investigations. [46863/21]

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I will address my comments to Mr. McDonagh. I will try to keep them short and would appreciate succinct replies. I want to make a quick comment before I do that. I have an issue with the word "profit". I accept that NAMA paid €31.8 billion for what it is dealing with but the par value for these liabilities was €74.4 billion. I think "surplus" is the correct word rather than...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If NAMA would provide that and the total amount paid out, by supplier, that would be useful. The Comptroller and Auditor General stated that the National Asset Management Agency Act does not define how the disposal value is measured. Why did NAMA not use the industry standard? Why did it deviate from that? Who decided to do that?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If the internal rate of return is the standard metric for property-related investments, why did NAMA deem it appropriate to use an alternative measurement?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We are in the middle of a housing crisis that did not happen overnight. It has been building since 2014. There was a lot of criticism. I was one of the people criticising the early disposal of some of the assets. If they were retained for a little bit longer, they may well have delivered a better outcome. If we look back, there are some that we could point to where that would certainly be...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Why is Mr. McDonagh counting in the way he has outlined? It looks like he is bigging up what NAMA has delivered directly.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Finally, I wish to ask Mr. McDonagh about the wind-down of NAMA, which must provide a report to the Minister by the end of the year. I presume Mr. McDonagh will have that available. Does that include how leases will be dealt with? Will it include, for example, how the wind-down will happen from the point of view of the administration? Will bonuses, incentives, or anything like that be...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Are there incentives or bonuses?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The 12,700 units NAMA has delivered to date represent approximately 63% of its own target. Why has NAMA fallen so far short of its target?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to follow up on what the Chairman said about the banks and amateur lending. That was at a time when we were told that people would not get out of bed for less than €500,000 and that if we paid peanuts, we would get monkeys. All of a sudden, we are being told there is an impediment to the banks because of the salary cap that has been imposed, which is very revealing. Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What about Fingal?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is it zoned? Is there planning permission for any of these?

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: As Mr. McDonagh mentioned, some of this has been going on since NAMA was set up in 2009. It would have been shortly afterwards that NAMA became active on some of these. Tens of millions of euro have been spent on legal fees. I can understand why that would be so and NAMA has also defended cases in courts. Has there been any scenario where NAMA has had to dispense with the services of any...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am very familiar with the site in Celbridge, which is a critical site in the context of the deficits in schools, including one special needs school where there are serious issues. It is infuriating to think these incredibly important pieces of land are not being brought into use. Mr. McDonagh stated NAMA is working with the people involved here. What is the impediment to dealing with...

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That is not the case on the site in Celbridge.

Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The Harcourt Square site with the Garda headquarters was bundled with others. The OPW has now had to embark on a building on Military Road, where there is a very tight timeline and there could be penalties. It could end up being way more costly. In hindsight, should that have been separated out? What were the issues there with regard to the State acquiring it at the time? It is probably...