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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) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. McCarthy might clarify that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I seek a simple "yes" or "no" answer. I merely want to be fair to a witness who was here yesterday. I think Mr. Neporent clarified it already. In his written submission in September 2015 to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr. Neporent mentioned meeting the deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin McGuinness. Mr. Neporent clarified today that he did not actually meet him. It is just that I put it...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: It was a written submission by Cerberus.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: It was afterwards, but not before. Mr. Neporent did not meet him before. That is wrong, in a sense, or Mr. Neporent clarified that it was in September 2014 he met him, not prior to the sale.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: We asked for a copy of the standards.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Have they been asked?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the up-to-date number of households and the number of persons on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council waiting list; if he will provide a breakdown of the list in terms of unit size, for the longest waiting time for each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35473/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the figures on the Galway City Council and Galway County Council transfer list, specifically in relation to those households that have been put on a transfer list after having gone into RAS, HAP and-or long-term leasing; the criteria for allocation of a local authority house to a household on this list; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revoke a deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35620/16]

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I understand what the Minister is trying to do with this Bill. It is to be welcomed within the restricted criteria. Insurance companies should not be able to pick and choose the age group or what illness they will treat. Within that restricted area, I see what the Minister is trying to do but it will certainly lead to hikes in premiums. One cannot discuss this Bill without putting it...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome deputy First Minister, Mr. McGuinness. It is a right mouthful to say it but he is very welcome. I am not here to pointscore, to be political or to refer to Sinn Féin. I am here because we have a Comptroller and Auditor General’s report. I thank Mr. McGuinness for coming here and facing us. In his presentation he said that at the heart of this issue are the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The witness does not have to remember it but he has read it and knows the substance of what is at issue. There are only two chapters raising concerns about him, dealing with the management of conflicts of interest and the basis for the sale which brings in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Those two aspects are very important. Let us deal first with the most contentious but also the easiest...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Did it ever come up for discussion at any meeting Mr. McGuinness was ever at?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Never, all right.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, we know all that. Mr. McGuinness was aware that they were nominated.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: He had no concerns about them.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: When did he have concerns about either of them or anybody in respect of a conflict of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: When was that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. McGuinness has already appeared before the hearing in Northern Ireland and given oral evidence, approximately a year ago, last September. Subsequently, he replied in a written statement to items that were outstanding is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am not trying to catch the witness out but that is the record of what he gave in Northern Ireland. I do not have access to that.