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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) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: So NAMA did not get local valuers to value the Northern Ireland aspect of the portfolio?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Okay, because local valuers were excluded, in that people or entities who may have come in were not allowed to use local valuers.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I note that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: To skip on to something else-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Picking up on the point that was made about how PIMCO approached and made the bid, we have heard about what proportion of the assets and loans were valued and that it was an in-house approach. Mr. John Mulcahy described the PIMCO bid to the committee as a "superb offer". He was basing that on only a portion of the assets being valued and the loans being valued in-house. Is there any...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It actually influenced the process by virtue of the fact that they came with an offer on the table. It became a single process as opposed to the customary best-practice two-phased approach where one opens it up to a wide group and then one narrows it down. More information is probably offered to those in the second round. The process appears to have been influenced by the fact that the bid...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Was it not an opportunity for others to be involved? If PIMCO saw it as an opportunity, surely others would have as well. Would testing that opportunity in a two-phased process not have been the correct approach?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Some of them dropped out and have stated their reasons for doing so.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Daly agree with Mr. Mulcahy that it was a superb bid?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: He would have been an influencer at the table.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: He was for most of it, though.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: With constraints.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Something is niggling at me. There is a discrepancy of €2.8 million that Cerberus is claiming is in dispute. Will the witnesses enlighten us on this matter?

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Many of them are not from Kildare originally.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and, in principle, support the concept of a directly elected mayor, but I would like to see it delivered in the context of wider local government reform. Many city regions do very well. In fact, it is not something that would cost; it could be an engine for a whole lot of other things that would benefit the whole country. While a directly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the delegations. Mr. Faughnan made a point about car ownership but it is more about car usage and giving people a choice. I remember that exact point being made when I was on the consultative panel of the Dublin Transportation Initiative, DTI, a long time ago. It is a question of how we are using transport modes. That particular initiative looked at land use and transportation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What are the numbers the NTA expects from each component to change the public transport mode?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Graham.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We are awaiting the strategy from each of the sectors on our climate obligations, and transport is one of the big sectors. Is this a component of the decision making? Is additional funding available to make a better choice? A bus will last a long time, and making a good choice may well save money in the longer run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: What are the impediments in terms of changing the mode of transport, for example moving people from using the car for short hops? It can be quite expensive for bus trips of one or two stops in the city centre. Is that an impediment or something that can be measured?