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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he provided directly to Donegal County Council, in each of the years 2013 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45719/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received correspondence from the European Commission as part of formal infringement procedures relating to the delays in introducing a dedicated wastewater treatment collection network for the Gaoth Dobhair agglomeration and the subsequent failure to comply with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revised wind energy development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: 715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding package for improving the condition of rural roads for 2016. [46014/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Fáilte roimh an coiste. When did Mr. Daly become aware that Mr. Frank Cushnahan held shareholdings in the Graham Group of companies, companies that were associated with NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: This is a publicly available document. It is a letter from Mr. Daly to Mr. Frank Cushnahan on 19 November which goes to the heart of the breaches of the ethics Act and section 30 of the NAMA Act. When did Mr. Daly first became aware that Mr. Frank Cushnahan held shareholdings in Graham Group of companies, companies that were associated with NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Mr. Daly stated that it was alleged that he had shareholdings, although he states in the letter:I have come to understand that you have confirmed that you held shareholdings in the Graham Group of companies. These companies were associated with NAMA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: What are the sanctions for a member of NAMA or its advisory board who breaches section 30 of the NAMA Act or section 17 of the Ethics in Public Office Act? Mr. Daly is the designated person which is why I am asking the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Has Mr. Daly reported his concerns to the SIPO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: When did Mr. Daly first become aware that Mr. Cushnahan had met Mr. Peter Robinson, Mr. Coulter and PIMCO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Is Mr. Daly concerned that such a meeting took place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: When did Mr. Daly first become aware that more than Stg£7 million had been located in an offshore account as part of this transaction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Daly agree with the statement that NAMA was simply in the dark and that because people were raising legitimate concerns, the agency became enlightened about this transaction in respect of potential conflicts of interest, fixer's fees and meetings of members of the agency's advisory committee with the fund that was partaking of the largest transaction it had undertaken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Daly regret the fact that NAMA took the approach of, "Nothing to see here; move along and stop using parliamentary privilege to make these accusations," given that it has now started to investigate, through the letter to Mr. Cushnahan last month, his failure to disclose his interests and his meeting with PIMCO in May 2013?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Does Mr. Daly consider Mr. Cushnahan represents NAMA or does he absent him from the agency when he talks about NAMA? Does he accept that Mr. Cushnahan was a member of the agency at the point the transaction was taking place? He allegedly had been involved in meetings with Mr. Peter Robinson, Mr. Coulter and PIMCO at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: It is a matter of fact that Mr. Cushnahan was a member of the Northern Ireland committee until November 2013. It is also a matter of fact that decisions on the sale of the portfolio were taken by NAMA in 2014 independent of the Northern Ireland advisory committee, then or previously, and independent of anybody else, other than the NAMA board and the commercial rationale for the sale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: That is not the question. I expect to receive an answer to a direct question. Does Mr. Daly accept that Mr. Cushnahan, as a part of NAMA, was included in NAMA when the transaction was going through? When he says NAMA did nothing inappropriate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: But during the process-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: Therefore, he was meeting PIMCO for the good of his health.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Dec 2015)

Pearse Doherty: I am not agreeable to that.