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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State for the positive news and for expressing his outrage that the list is too long. I appreciate that candour. My question was very specific. How many houses were constructed by the city council year on year and how many will be constructed? Can the Minister of State please tell me if it is correct to say that not one new house will be constructed by the end of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses that have been acquired and purchased by Galway City Council in each year from 2011 to date in 2016; the number of houses that have been constructed by the city council for each of those years; the number that are under construction; the number of houses that will be completed by the end of 2016...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Galway city has 4,720 households on the waiting list, comprising 10,000 to 15,000 people, and that figure is rising. As I speak, 29 families with 79 children are homeless, 18 other families are at risk of becoming homeless and 20 people are sleeping rough. My question is very specific. What houses were built and what houses are going to be built?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I do not think the Minister of State heard what I said. I asked him what the Government is going to do. The local authority produced plans every single year and no funding was made available. I share Deputy Boyd Barrett's frustration with this type of reply. I want to welcome any positive news. I want to be crystal clear. Not one single social housing unit has been built in Galway...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I cannot remember. I would need to check.

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: Thank you very much. I welcome the witnesses. I have adopted the same approach to all witnesses, so I will begin by asking if they have read the report of 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) (17 Nov 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Mulcahy?

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 have read it. In fact, I have lost track of the number of times I have read it. Has Mr. Mulcahy read it completely?

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: Then he will know that it is not just about the percentage. There are lots of issues raised in the report. Is that not correct? That is a "Yes" or "No" answer please. There are a lot of concerns raised in this report in relation to conflict of interest, inadequacy of records, failure to look at alternatives, failure to follow-up on conflicts of interest. That is what the report is about....

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: On those issues that I am raising, as set out in this report-----

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 beg Mr. Mulcahy's pardon.

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: They are of direct concern to this committee-----

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: -----and to the taxpayer and to the people who are listening to us. It is of direct concern to trust and confidence in the system. I leave aside the probable loss. What is being brought into question here is the process of the sale, the concerns over a conflict of interest and how that should have been followed-up on, the inadequacy of records, etc. That is what I am concentrating on...

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: Absolutely. I welcome Mr. Corrigan to the club. Did Mr. Corrigan get all the transcripts?

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: Did Mr. Corrigan have a meeting with NAMA?

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. Corrigan is still on the board of NAMA.

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 am sorry, I beg Mr. Corrigan's pardon. Did Mr. Corrigan go back and meet NAMA?

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: What were the facts that came out of 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: What were they? What was Mr. Corrigan trying to clarify? It would be of help to us as well.

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: Was it one meeting with all three of the witnesses?