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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: How is it possible to justify pay increases for the Taoiseach, Ministers, Deputies and Senators at a time when public servants are engaging in industrial action due to genuine concerns about their pay? Strike action has been threatened by teachers and members of An Garda Síochána. Whoever came up with the proposed increase arrived at the appropriate date, April Fools' Day, to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: The Minister referred to a fair wage for Members of the Oireachtas and said that the wage should reflect the responsibilities we have. We are very well paid, and I am sure the Minister accepts that. We receive two and a half times the average industrial wage. Currently, a public sector worker on an average salary of between €35,000 and €40,000 per annum will receive a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (19 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: That is the greatest red herring I have encountered in a long time - talk about diversionary tactics. I take the average industrial wage. I employ somebody. I have taken somebody off the live register and I pay them €300 per week, which comes out of my salary. I do that voluntarily, not to get any credit. I do it because I provide an enhanced constituency service. I welcome...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: To follow up on the matter, it would be valuable to write back to NAMA to say a number of presentations were given prior to the 2014 presentation that it cites that NAMA failed to mention in its letter. It is in the documentation. In 2012 and 2013, detailed presentations were given about the Ulster University's study.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: We should ask NAMA for a full list of whatever presentations were given, not just the 2014 one but any presentations that were given, either to the NIAC or the board of NAMA.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: I welcome our witnesses and a welcome back to Mr. McEnery. I believe he was here a few weeks ago also. I found the opening statement by Mr. Soffe to be quite defensive. The board of NAMA has a right to defend itself but I found the statement itself to be quite defensive and emotional in some ways. Emotional statements were made rather than statements of fact, but we will return to that...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: This is different to what was done in the NIAC. It is my understanding, from what Mr Rowntree said, that members would have to fill in a written declaration. The information was not shared with anybody else, or other members. He then said that he hoped the same process runs through "the spinal cord" of the NAMA board. If somebody declared a conflict of interest before the meeting was...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: In writing or orally?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: Both.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: But that is not the case with the NIAC. It was not done orally for the NIAC and according to Mr Rowntree it was all in writing.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: I have what the witness is saying, but Mr. Daly also chaired the NIAC meetings.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: When Mr Rowntree appeared before the committee last week he spoke about how conflicts of interest were dealt with. He said there was a form that had to be filled in, in writing.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: That information was not shared with any other member of the NIAC.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: At no point did the chair make reference to it or allude to it. It was just handed to the person who had responsibility for it, the information was not shared with anybody else. Mr. Soffe is saying that at the NAMA board meetings a different process was followed, where the chairperson would ask if there were any conflicts of interest, and if there were, someone would remove themselves....

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: I know all of that, sorry Mr. McEnery, but I am talking about others knowing of the declaration. I will quote what Mr. Rowntree said to the committee when he was pressed on whether they should have been made aware of other people's declarations of conflicts of interest: "It is not best practice from my perspective as an experienced chairperson at senior level. It is not what I would see as...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. McEnery saying that Mr. Rowntree was right when he said it is not best practice from his perspective and it was not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: He was wrong there.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: There does not need to be debtor information for there to be a perceived conflict of interest. We now know that. It is a bit of a red herring. There are many different ways in which there could potentially be conflicts of interest. We have Mr. McEnery's view on that and Mr. Rowntree's.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: I have Mr. McEnery's point.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: Have the three witnesses personally declared conflicts of interest?