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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In the midst of all of those valuations flying around, no one on the board recommended getting an independent valuation to arbitrate between the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Why did Mr. Bradshaw not do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Mr. Bradshaw has answered the question for me. I want to knit together earlier testimony to the committee, including that of Ms Mary Moylan, regarding the nature of the relationship between the board and the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. A letter supplied to the committee by Ms Moylan at one of our previous meetings is dated 12 October 2012. It is from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: My question still stands. As the Comptroller and Auditor General has elaborated, a number of internal valuations placed the site's value at approximately €300 million. However, a communication to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government cited a figure of €220 million. Even though the letter is named from Mr. Maloney, he mentioned what was necessary to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did Mr.-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I just want to check. The chief executive we are referring to at this stage was Mr. Paul Maloney.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In the meeting did he not reveal who the developer was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In the board meeting, was no inquiry made as to who the developer was? To be specific, it states that the chief executive had "confidential negotiations which he had undertaken with a developer".
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did the board not ask who that developer was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I want to be very clear on this. Is Mr. Bradshaw telling me that the information was not shared with the board in this meeting or is he telling me the information was shared but he cannot remember?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I want to be very clear on this point. Is Mr. Bradshaw saying he cannot remember if he said it or that he said it but Mr. Bradshaw cannot remember what he said?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At some point Mr. Paul Maloney moved to him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Is Mr. Bradshaw saying that it was the chief executive who made that decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Mr. Bradshaw said: "Paul moved to Bernard McNamara".
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I wish to move on to paragraph 3.2 of this document, which I will read into the record.After a careful consideration of the proposal and subject to being satisfied that the proposed involvement of the authority in the tender process and that the future development of the site would not breach public procurement rules, the board agreed that the executive would open negotiations with a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: So the advice on public procurement was gained after this meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Is that not putting the cart before the horse? The board was having a meeting regarding a bidder and Mr. Bradshaw is telling me he cannot remember who the bidder was. However, it is fair to assume there was a single bidder. Then he is saying they went to get advice on public procurement after this meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: This is a fundamental point. A year had elapsed between the sub-committee meeting and this meeting. The sequence is as we just discussed. The chief executive, Mr. Maloney, walked in and referred to a single bidder and the board subsequently got advice on procurement policy. Should it not be the other way around?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Would that not have been all the more reason to get advice on procurement policy? This was a vast project.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I stress I am not making any conclusions at this stage because we want to talk to everyone.