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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: If I could restate it briefly, just to make sure I understand him, Mr. Bradshaw is saying he wanted the board to play a role if it was with the joint agreement of the other two parties. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is correct. Thereafter, in this meeting, which took place after the fractious discussion to which Mr. Bradshaw referred, on 5 October, in the second sentence of section 2 it states "the potential development profit varied from €358 million to €1.1 billion." For whom was that profit?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The development profit there is referring to the then current owners of the site, as opposed to the potential owners of the site in the role of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

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 probe this figure and its provenance again. Its origin is on a sheet that was circulated by Mr. Paul Maloney, who was the chief executive of the authority at that time, entitled, Issues and Options. Can Mr. Bradshaw confirm to whom that profit figure on the sheet referred?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Bradshaw for the background he has given in this regard. I will move on to a meeting in the following year on Tuesday, 3 October 2006. It was the 139th meeting and took place in San Sebastian. Can Mr. Bradshaw indicate to me what happened in the interim? As a year had elapsed, he should inform the committee what had happened during that period.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Who is Enda?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Okay.

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 double-check this. Apart from the dialogue Mr. Bradshaw had with Mr. Paul Coulson in respect of this site, did he have any other relationship with him?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I am just referring to the comment Mr. Bradshaw made that he never met him and did not know him.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Bradshaw for attending this afternoon's meeting. Is it correct that he was chairman of the board for ten years?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time did Mr. Bradshaw invest in the role during the period?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time did Mr. Bradshaw spend as chairman in the latter part of his tenure?

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. Bradshaw enjoy the work?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time per month did Mr. Bradshaw spend with the chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA?

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 focus on the subject of meetings. The particular sequence of meetings I wish to examine are the meetings of the board that began with the sub-committee board meeting on 5 October 2005, and the three subsequent full board meetings that took place on 3, 20 and 24 October. I will base my questions on the minutes that were supplied to us and to any reference made by the Comptroller...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Am I also correct that the meeting took place on 5 October 2005?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: What was the purpose of the meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I assure Mr. Bradshaw of our attention.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Could I interrupt Mr. Bradshaw for a moment? Is Paul Coulson the PC referred to in Next Steps 5.(c)?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: There is. We have an EC.