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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to ensure that consumers are not being disadvantaged by a marked differential in consumer products priced in sterling and euro (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 15 November 2016, the reasons that sectors such as print, that is, newspapers and magazines, and hair dressing services, are included in the 9% VAT rate bracket; if he is satisfied that the 9% VAT rate applicable here to the supply of certain goods and services related to the tourist industry should include such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains or supports a national patient registry of adult neuromuscular diseases, acquired and inherited, that captures epidemiological data in a standardised form and profiles a true picture of the burden of neuromuscular diseases in a population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in rolling out the national broadband plan; when the procurement stage is to be completed; his plans to address the disparity in levels of broadband coverage and line speeds in different areas; his further plans to address providers' headline line speeds and those that are actually delivered to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Olympic Games Ticketing Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) is still in a position to deliver their report within the 12-week timeframe with regard to the non-statutory inquiry to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the distribution of tickets for the Rio Olympic Games and related matters; if the person has supplied him with an interim report or draft...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 2 November 2016, if he has reverted to Sport Ireland with comments on the cost-benefit analysis; if so, the progress made to date; the work that is required on the cost-benefit analysis to ensure compliance with the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35838/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commence with the regulation of clamping vehicles which is provided for in Vehicle Clamping Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 552. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a marked differential that goes beyond a currency conversion and its impact on consumer shopping habits; the steps she will take to ensure that consumers can be protected from paying more for the same items sold by the same retailers operating here and in Britain (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...

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 Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome. I will start with Mr. Corrigan. He was in a unique position in that he was a member of the board of NAMA but he was also in the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA. The year 2013 was important in that IBRC was liquidated and instead of a €3 billion payment annually, or a little more in some cases, it was elongated. In terms of the European...

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 Murphy: Was there nothing specific to Project Eagle?

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 Murphy: In regard to when the sales process ceased to be confidential, when the information ended up in The Irish Times, did Mr. Corrigan consider a review of the strategy to sell? Was that considered at all? Can Mr. Corrigan recall that?

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 Murphy: Was there any debate about getting better outcomes by approaching it in a different way?

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 Murphy: Mr. Mulcahy came from real estate property background. Were the assets transferred to NAMA in advance of his arrival in NAMA. I wish to get a context.

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 Murphy: Obviously when the assets were transferred to NAMA there were significant haircuts before they arrived.

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 Murphy: As I have limited time I wish to focus on particular questions.

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 Murphy: The very fact that the assets in regard to Project Eagle were a loss over and above the amount that was paid for them by NAMA, if we could use that terminology, that would have been unusual in that most would have achieved the amount that they were transferred for or more. Does Mr. Mulcahy believe errors were made in their valuation at that stage or did they lose value?

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 Murphy: If Mr. Mulcahy had been on the other side of the process whereby one bidder got access well in advance of others would he see that as an advantage?

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 Murphy: It was a very sizeable portfolio. Teams had to be put together to look at the information when they were given access to the data room. Was the three weeks that others were given not a very short period when the process accelerated in 2014?

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 Murphy: Mr. Rowntree was very surprised at the change in tack from the sale of assets to the bundling and sale of the loans. He said he would never bid blind and PIMCO appeared in the first instance to have indicated an amount almost blind. It reverse-engineered. It looked at what was publicly available. Would Mr. Mulcahy have taken that approach? Would he have bid blind to purchase something or...

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 Murphy: Why was there such a rush when it became public? There was an opportunity then to maybe break up the portfolio. It was not all located in Northern Ireland, some assets were more valuable than others and I understand that it needs to be mixed. Why the rush? Why not go back to the drawing board? Why was there such a rush to sell this portfolio at that point?