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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) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: Ms Nolan said that she was glad that the Comptroller and Auditor General was not making any comment on the commercial aspect of the deal.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: Ms Nolan said she was glad that the Comptroller and Auditor General was not making any comment on the commercial aspect of the deal, 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) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: Can Ms Nolan expand on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: What we are discussing is the process.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: By the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: Yes, of course. Ms Nolan agrees that there is validity in the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: He made the point that the presentation being put forward with a spin by NAMA was that there is an accounting difference and he made the point that this is not simply an accounting difference, rather it is about economic decision-making and how one makes choices in terms of public resources.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: I think that the contention would be different.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: Did the issue of the discount rate arise in Ms Nolan's discussions with the Comptroller and Auditor General or in her response to the report?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: In terms of the external pressures from the ECB on the Department in respect of the disposal - which we discussed on the last day - can Ms Nolan take us through that again? Was there real pressure coming from the ECB in respect of the disposal of these assets?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: How was that pressure manifested?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: At the previous meeting Ms Nolan said that waiting until 2020 to sell the property was not an option, but NAMA's asset work-out plan set out in figure 3.3 envisages that half the property would be sold by 2015 and 90% by 2017. Does the Department have a view on whether that timeframe was appropriate?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: The reserve price is something that the Chairman already raised this morning.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Agriculture Industry (9 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will implement stricter enforcement of the protocol for the spreading of bio-solids and sludge as many residents in affected areas of County Meath are concerned regarding the strong odour which comes from fields in which bio-solids and sludge spreading takes place; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (3 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs to his Department if two-tier pay disparity between pre-2011 and post-2011 teachers was ended immediately and all teachers' salaries were based on the pre-2011 scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33139/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the municipal stadium model which has been successfully developed in Tallaght by South Dublin County Council; and if he will examine the possibility of helping to finance less affluent local authorities in other parts of the country develop similar schemes. [32789/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision not to grant home tuition to a person (details supplied) in County Meath following a number of recent operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32699/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied) in Enfield, County Meath; and if the Office of Public Works will consider its use as a community space for persons living in Enfield and its environs. [32697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing need for medical services in south Meath and specifically in Enfield, County Meath, where a population of 4,000 persons have no access to medical services of any type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if due to the transfer of psychiatric admission beds from Navan to Drogheda and the resultant burden put on service users and their carers, he will redraw the sector line in mental health areas to include south Meath in the Mullingar catchment area to allow accessible treatment and admission facilities for persons in south Meath; and if he will make a...