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- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Are some units still under construction?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Will those be delivered by the first quarter of 2025?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: We are talking about 800 units.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: I will go back to the start of NAMA. It paid €31.8 billion as part of a write-down on loans of €74.4 billion. That was technically a 57% write-down. Taking into account what NAMA realised on its assets and everything else and the return, what has been the percentage write-down? Is it still approximately 50% in real terms from the original loans?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: The write-down in real terms, when we take it all into account, is around 48% rather than 57%.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Will the process for the winding up of NAMA start within the next-----
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: On the properties that NAMA still has, are there any with legal issues attached? One of the problems the banks had when dealing with properties was that legal issues arose that complicated the process.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: The issue I am really interested in is defective title. Is there still a problem with defective title?
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: There are still some problems.
- Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statements 2022 and Special Report 116 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: Will they be finalised within the next 12 months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: I might ask to speak first as I have to leave shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: I thank the Chair for facilitating me. I thank the witnesses for coming in. How many consultants are there in the hospitals in Dublin under Children's Health Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: In any case, it is over 300.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: What process is available with regard to the accountability and supervision of that number? What checks and balances are there? This is one of the things that seems to have occurred here. We are also talking about quite a number of senior registrars as well. What checks and balances are there in each individual hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: What checks and balances do the clinical directors have in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: I am aware of that. For argument’s sake, let us say there is a consultant who does not turn up to clinics but leaves a senior registrar to deal with that. What checks and balances are there for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)
Colm Burke: When Dr. Goldman talks about surgery for complex cases, how long do operations last? What is the time period? Obviously, the longer an operation goes on, the higher the risk. What kind of average time period are we talking about for this type of operation?