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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tonnage of waste exported for disposal for each of the past five years; the destinations of this waste and the port from which it left Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29331/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase capacity for a train service (details supplied); his plans to upgrade the rail line from Greystones to Bray from a single track to a double track in order to improve connectivity from County Longford and County Louth to Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29515/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: 641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth workers specifically allocated to drugs taskforces per county and designated to work with young persons at risk of offending or having offended, per service division nationally in each of the calendar years 2012 to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29437/16]

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There are points at which one can see something is coming to a crux. We are at such a point. While all the initiatives in the programme are welcome, many of them are medium term. The Tánaiste's constituency is next door to mine and they have the same profiles. She sees the same problems as I do. It has reached a new level. The Simon Communities survey demonstrated it in hard facts....

Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday Simon Communities Ireland published a report showing that only 20% of the very limited supply of houses available in the rental market could be afforded by those on rent supplement. This cohort of people has absolutely no other way of securing a home given the huge housing waiting list. Therefore, the reality is that the housing and homelessness crisis is worsening. These...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister outlined the context of his role in his opening statement and made his legal role clear, explaining that the NAMA Act is framed to ensure there is no political interference. However, it is fair to say, and the Minister probably would agree with me, that he is not passive in this either. As Minister for Finance, he has an insight that the rest of us do not have. He would have...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I am sorry but I have a short period of time to ask questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Much of that will not come as a surprise to us. The Minister would have been aware, by virtue of the fact that he would have received a letter from the Minister of Finance in Northern Ireland, that there was an interest in selling the Project Eagle loan book, which was brought as a package and was obviously referred to NAMA. The Minister would have been familiar with that from an early...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: There was a deviation from the process that had been in place for the disposal of assets. Did that concern the Minister? This was a bespoke deal. There appears to have been a debtors' charter where there was debt forgiveness. There was a single rather than dual process in terms of the sales process, which would normally be opened up to a wide group before being narrowed down to a small...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister stated he would give his views to the NAMA board and listen to the NAMA board.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: If there is a deviation from a process that had been in play until this particular transaction, surely the Minister would have had a view on that or would have considered it or questioned whether it would deliver the kind of return it was expected to deliver.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Was the Minister aware that the debtors' charter was unique and there was debt forgiveness as part of this package? Was the Minister made aware of this?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: The process followed until that point had been deviated from in this very big sale, which involved properties not only based in Northern Ireland but also loans associated with properties based in the United Kingdom, some of which were very large. There was a big shopping centre worth about £200 million and there were other loans around the £50 million mark or below. Some of them...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: I have a number of other questions. There is a clear Civil Service guideline in place pertaining to conflict of interest. Whose responsibility was it to ensure these guidelines were implemented? Was it the Department's or NAMA's responsibility?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Okay. In relation to the Frank Cushnahan fixer-fee payment, when was that drawn to the Minister's attention and what did he do about it? Did he ask for legal advice? If advice was sought, who did he ask for advice? Did he ask the Attorney General for advice?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Murphy: Did the Minister form a view on the matter? Was he surprised that this emerged at that stage?