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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 (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: How would they have received the board pack?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: So that means they had to have 24 hours' notice where an overnight courier is used?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I am not drawing any conclusions but it would be fair to say that the tone of some of the NAMA statements has not been nice. I will just put it that way. I would use the word "condescending". NAMA referred to the Comptroller and Auditor General only producing a desktop report and queried his expertise. Separately, it described the Northern Ireland advisory committee as a talking shop....
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: No, but Mr. Daly has said it somewhere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will take that qualification. Without going into the details and even though there is a press statement on it out there somewhere, could Mr. Daly tell us about the complaints NAMA has made to the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, or to the Garda in order that this committee does not inadvertently trespass on issues that are before SIPO or the Garda? What has NAMA reported to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: All three?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Daly understands why I am asking this question because I do not want to tread across something.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: It has been a long day-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: There is a slight tone of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We are big people. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General any quick comments to make? He is free to comment at a subsequent meeting but we are not opening up a debate. Is there anything in particular that he wanted to highlight?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will leave it there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: With the entire board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Did the Comptroller and Auditor General meet the chairman?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Is the chairman not an adequate representative of the board to convey the views of the board members to the Comptroller and Auditor General directly?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Obviously not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will bring Mr. McEnery back specifically. He has acknowledged he appreciates the fact that we are inviting other members of the board to appear before us. The plan will be to have two or three for a session, rather than five individuals. We will sort out the logistics such that it can-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts, I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General who has been here since 9 a.m., Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and the NAMA officials, as well as the officials from the Department of Finance who have been here since early morning. It has been a long day. It was worth taking the extra hour or two to complete this part of our work and we appreciate all the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Library Services (28 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that he has taken the time to reply to this matter today. I agree with some of what he said. There are benefits to the initiative but I do not think people considered the possible difficulties. Any assessment of a pilot scheme should consider the benefits and downsides, and the downsides were not considered in this process. This new...
- Topical Issue Debate: Library Services (28 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I wish to raise a very important issue that will affect every county in due course. It concerns an initiative by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government called the Open Library service. Essentially, the Department is providing funding to local authorities for opening libraries in cities and towns throughout the country on the basis that there would be no staff in...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Laois-Offaly Garda division. [27407/16]