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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) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. Long read chapter 4, which concerns the Project Eagle loan sale process?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Would Mr. Long agree that it is the longest chapter in the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Yes, it is. It is 25 or 26 pages long. It is the longest chapter in the report. It raises concerns in respect of the sale process. Those concerns are clearly outlined and Mr. Long has read them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Long have a difficulty with those concerns as outlined?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I will have very few questions if Mr. Long accepts the concerns. If he accepts the Comptroller and Auditor General's concerns as outlined, that is the end of my questioning process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I do not mean to catch Mr. Long.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The concerns are outlined. I wish to save time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Chapter 4 is the longest chapter. Mr. Long has read the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: The Comptroller and Auditor General has identified and set out concerns regarding the sale process. I cannot go through 25 pages in the 20 minutes available to me. Mr. Long has gone through the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Long has the expert advice. The Comptroller and Auditor General has raised these concerns. Does Mr. Long accept them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I am asking Mr. Long whether he accepts the concerns the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised regarding the number of bidders, the restrictions given and the qualified nature of the opinion given by Lazard. The Comptroller and Auditor General has raised all of these concerns. If Mr. Long accepts them, that is okay; if he does not, I ask him to tell me which ones he does not accept.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: It would really simplify matters if witnesses who have read the report either accept it or do not or tell me which concerns they do not accept. The Comptroller and Auditor General has raised concerns. I will go through some of them now-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: -----because Mr. Long is not identifying them for me, which is a pity, in a sense, because we are not here to accuse him of anything.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Long was brought in to do a job and he is saying he did that job to the best of his ability. I am not questioning that, so he can relax. I am asking him whether he agrees with the concerns raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Long is telling this committee that there was competitive tension-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: -----at all stages.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: I will come back to Mr. Long on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Long does not accept the Comptroller and Auditor General's concerns that there were questions about the competitive process. He has made a statement now. He can withdraw it if he wants but he is saying there was competitive tension.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Had Mr. Long worked for NAMA prior to working on Project Eagle?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)
Catherine Connolly: Has he worked for NAMA since working on Project Eagle?