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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)

David Cullinane: That is a red herring.

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)

David Cullinane: It is a diversionary tactic.

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)

David Cullinane: I am not. What am I following?

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)

David Cullinane: I am not trying to damage the Minister at all.

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)

David Cullinane: With respect, the Minister has accused me of trying to damage him-----

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)

David Cullinane: That is not to damage him. That is to ask questions of him about the course of action he did or did not take. It is reasonable to put these questions to him. That is not an attack.

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)

David Cullinane: It is not an allegation. I put a question to the Minister.

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)

David Cullinane: With respect, the Comptroller and Auditor General said in his report that NAMA had relied heavily on this so-called letter of comfort or assurance from Cerberus. It did not conduct the type of examination the Comptroller and Auditor General said it should have done, which was to acquire information from Tughans and Brown Rudnick to see if there was still an association with Mr. Cushnahan.

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)

David Cullinane: Yes, but the Minister was made aware of a potentially corrupted process-----

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)

David Cullinane: He was made aware of a potentially corrupted process. That is a fact and it is not to try to damage him. We are trying to establish the facts.

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)

David Cullinane: They were part of a sale that had implications in this state, for which the Minister has responsibility and of which he was made aware.

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)

David Cullinane: With respect, you are missing the point. It ceases being simply commercial when potentially there is corruption in the process. That is when the Minister has responsibility. That is the point.

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)

David Cullinane: The process continues regardless - carry on regardless.

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)

David Cullinane: The issue of the investigation-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of a proposal by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that was reported (details supplied) to implement an effective tax rate of 30% for a range of graduates and entrepreneurs living overseas who return to work here in employment with a salary of €75,000 or more in the areas of medicine, IT, science and finance;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Nursing Staff Remuneration (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department amended part of the agreement concluded between the INMO, PNA, SIPTU nursing unions, the HSE and the Department of Health so that the restored recognition of the 36-week nursing internship applied to 2016 graduates onwards, leading to a situation whereby 2011-2015 nursing and midwifery graduates are earning...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 367. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Waterford was designated as a percutaneous coronary intervention centre, providing partial 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. emergency PCCI care; the staffing requirements necessary to provide this service; the population serviced, detailed by geographical area and population numbers; the current staff complement; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if a business case for a second catheterisation laboratory was submitted to the HSE or his Department by University Hospital Waterford; the way in which this case was processed; and the action taken by his Department and the HSE following the business case submission. [28105/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 369. To ask the Minister for Health if University Hospital Waterford was placed on a risk register in respect of cardiology services; the changes which were made to the risk assessment from 2012 to date in 2016; the rationale for any risk assessment changes; the way in which the process works; the person which carries out the risk assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2016)

David Cullinane: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if design plans, including sketches, were drawn up for a second catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford; if a design team was appointed; the names of the design team; if he will provide the details of the design and all sketches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28107/16]