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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Competition Law (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent European Commission decision to allow the merger of two Irish companies (details supplied) in view of the fact the new company will have a supply rate above the 15% threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32199/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the service provision and service offer out of Johnstown Bridge medical centre; the specific timeline and actions required; the services that are to be provided out of the centre for the district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32423/16]

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: It is a little over two weeks since the budget was delivered. One of the main features that was focused on was the help-to-buy scheme, which I described as the help-to-sell scheme in my response to the Budget Statement. The sentiment I expressed turned out to be true because in the immediate aftermath of the scheme's announcement, media reports suggested the price of some new houses jumped...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (26 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the influence of a media group (details supplied) on the overall Irish media landscape and, in particular, the local media landscape, when analysing the proposed purchase by the group of a newspaper; his views on the proposed acquisition of the newspaper by the media group; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (26 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 20 July 2016, if he will publish the reply provided to the Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32162/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, with Deputies Catherine Martin and Seamus Healy.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: How many times is this House going to find an excuse to delay what is surely the inevitable, the opportunity for citizens of the State to have a say on an issue that has affected so many in the past 30 years? What is happening tonight is that politicians in this House, some of whom only last month marched through the streets of Dublin to call for the holding of a referendum and who have been...

Other Questions: Consular Services Representations (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's plans in view of the most recent and fifteenth postponement of a person's trial in Egypt (details supplied); his views on whether previous attempts to resolve the case need to be amended and a new strategy adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30284/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to clear up a number of issues in regard to access to the data room. First, everybody had to sign a non-disclosure agreement for phase 1 or phase 2. In this case, was there a difference between what was redacted in the red book in relation to phase 1 and phase 2?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Would the advisers to PIMCO have had access to the same data? If they were acting for PIMCO, that would have been the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: When PIMCO exited the process and Cerberus and Fortress became the final two, each had an adviser that had formerly advised PIMCO. They would have had that information from the data room.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Fortress.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: When the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: We have constantly been told about competitive tension but what if there is an advantage for one group over another? Would it have been an advantage to have an adviser that had been in the data room previously as opposed to others just entering the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: If one is in a data room and one has information, one is not going to forget it if it is critical. That could give an advantage when advising a subsequent bidder.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Right, but there was a very-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, but in a shorter period. Mr. Collison stated that it could be a costly process. According to his opening statement, there seems to have been a change since 2014. Was that done in respect of what had happened?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: In his opening statement, Mr. Collison drew attention to the liquidation in February 2013 of IBRC. He stated, " ... its loan books were the first large Irish portfolios to be brought to market. From 2013, the market evolved significantly and quickly within a relatively short period." Is that because there was a perception of better value from a purchaser's perspective, given an increased...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: All of that was happening in a constrained or reduced timeframe.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: That is the next point I wanted to come to. Mr. Moriarty is talking about a more optimistic phase than in 2013. There was more interest, from 2013 on, after the liquidation of IBRC. Mr. Moriarty has just explained that. In hindsight, did the bundling, and the limiting of the potential buyers to persons Mr. Moriarty has described as of a certain altitude, limit the potential of getting...