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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: -----and he gave no indication as to whether anybody else was involved in those negotiations. I will be very specific in my question. I appreciate Ms Moylan is giving her best answer in respect of a meeting that happened more than six years ago. Did Mr. Moloney indicate whether any other members of the board were present at the meeting he had with that developer?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At that stage did he tell Ms Moylan who the developer was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did the board ask why that developer was involved in that discussion with Mr. Moloney?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: What kind of relationship?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Given the scale of the investment being proposed, did the board not ask why other developers did not have an opportunity to participate in these discussions and allow themselves to be selected for participation in this construction?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: From which document does Ms Moylan source that information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank Ms Moylan for that. I quote from the minutes of the meeting, in section 3.2, which state: "The board agree the executive could open negotiations with a potential tender partner with a view to formulating a joint bid". That was minuted within the meeting. Why did the board not ask the reason other developers had not been allowed to participate in a bidding process for this project?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At that meeting, however, it was decided to open negotiations with this particular developer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I put it to Ms Moylan that such legal advice should have been sought first, before a decision was taken to begin a partnership with this developer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: We will return to that because I believe there remains an open question as to why the question was not asked regarding what other bodies or developers could play a role in the process. I wish to move on to the meeting of Friday, 20 October 2006, which continued discussions about the site and what would happen in its regard. The reason this is particularly significant is that this is the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the witnesses for attending.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: As long as we have an expectation, as he had indicated, that we may at some point in the future ask him back to discuss the current accounts and any issue to follow up from this discussion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: My questions will focus on the board meetings across October 2006, the preparation for those meeting and the engagement between the board and the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Can Ms Moylan confirm that she was present at the three meetings that took place across that period?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Am I correct in stating that the three meetings refer to 3 October, 20 October and the final meeting on 24 October?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Were there any other board meetings across the period that were pertaining to the decision on the Irish Glass Bottle site?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: At the first meeting on 3 October 2006, will Ms Moylan explain the reason that meeting was held in San Sebastian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Where is San Sebastian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: The main reasons for the meeting being held in San Sebastian were in relation to the port area and the conference centre.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Why did the meeting take place at 4 p.m? What else happened across that day?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (2 May 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Did any other activity take place that day or the following day?