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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: What was the projected profit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much would the DDDA-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Twenty-six percent of €200 million. So it was projecting €52 million, which, ironically, was the figure it lost. There was a turnaround of €104 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. What I am more interested in is the fact that €52 million was lost on the project. When DDDA was examining the project, what net profit did it project would come in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: A profit of €50 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Will ten minutes be sufficient for Deputy Eoghan Murphy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Maloney telling us he did not know who Derek Quinlan was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: He was one of the biggest property developers around.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Maloney told us that he dealt with all the large developers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it possible that vanity took over from sound commercial judgment on Mr. Maloney's part? This was an enormous regeneration project. How long was he in his position when the project commenced?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: When did he join the DDDA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was Mr. Maloney in the position when the evaluation was received in June 2005?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I draw the committee's attention to a key point. Had this project not gone ahead, additional funding of €52 million would have been available to the Dublin docklands for projects and amenities for people in the area. Any money the DDDA earns in its final incarnation goes back to the Exchequer. The whole thing appears to have been enormously rushed. When things are rushed, normally...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: When would the Assistant Secretary, Ms Moylan, have become aware that there was €3.75 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Let me address one of the key points, namely, the question of whether taxpayers' money was used. Ultimately, the State was underwriting the authority. If a loss is made on a deal – the Comptroller and Auditor General said it was in the order of €52 million – it has an impact on the taxpayer. It is not just-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will finish the point. That the DDDA was seeking to double its borrowing limit would clearly have indicated to me that the proposal was significant and unique, in terms of its content and size, for Dublin docklands. Before the authority entered into the deal, it should have sought an independent valuation – if not one, perhaps two. The independent valuations were based on June...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: To whom did profits go? Did they go to the State?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: If a loss is made, fewer resources are available.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: To say there is no impact on the taxpayer and the citizens in the area is not totally accurate. If a loss is made on a risky transaction, bearing in mind the large social dimension in the Dublin docklands, fewer resources go back into that area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is €37 million.