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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) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: We are just trying to get opinions. If the answer is that Ms Nolan cannot answer, that is an answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Ms Nolan said in her opening statement it was NAMA's obligation to run a competitive process. Is she satisfied it was a competitive process in light of how the process evolved with only two bidders?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: I only raised it because Ms Nolan raised it in her opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Ms Nolan is suggesting we should talk to NAMA on the detail.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: The Department was aware of it from March 2014 when it received the phone call.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will check the dates.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: I want to allow Deputy Connolly to make her contribution and advise Deputy Cullinane he has gone over time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Connolly at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Is there a reference number on that document?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Did the witness tell the Minister that this letter issued by Mr. Frank Daly on the publication of the report from the chairman of NAMA to the Minister was quoting aspects out of context? Did she advise the Minister-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: We are agreed on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Did the witness go back to Mr. Daly and ask him to withdraw or correct the letter?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Just on that, given that the Department has accepted reports from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General as well as its annual reports for the previous five years dealing with the same assets and the same balance sheet, why now at this point, after five years of accepting audit reports, does the Department have an issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Does the witness know the question I am asking?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: So the Department did not decide-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: Did it ask for advice from the Department on whether it should continue or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: A vote has been called in the Dáil. Will we stop now or are there those who want to return for a final few minutes? There are probably a few minutes left of the meeting. I would prefer to finish matters out, even if we have to come back after the vote for another 20 minutes. Is that agreed? There is a vote, so we will have to go. I will have to suspend the sitting. Even if there...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will resume our consideration of the report of the Controller and Auditor General on Project Eagle. Deputy Catherine Connolly was in possession.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Seán Fleming: On that point, perhaps I missed something. Ms Nolan might go over what she said. She said she had received reassurance from NAMA and Lazard that there was a competitive process. When did she seek and receive that reassurance?