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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) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: They had signed a non-disclosure agreement, which means that they could not disclose any information, yet the same two firms went forward to Cerberus. Can Mr. Rowntree comment on this?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Rowntree cannot comment on it.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: With their acute awareness of the crisis in housing, health, public transport and water services, the voters in the recent general election elected us not to limit the debate on how we could reduce taxes but to change the debate and, among other matters, to look at what level of tax was required for the country to provide the essential services, which are a prerequisite for a cohesive and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the number and nature of the non-elective procedures that have been cancelled per month since January 2016 to date in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29604/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been identified as appropriate for discharge but cannot be discharged due to inadequate follow-up services, including the provision of home care packages, home help hours, respite beds and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29605/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Can we go back to the previous item briefly? I am afraid I was distracted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, but this is important. I refer to the paragraph the Minister has corrected.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Page 8. Do I understand the Minister has now corrected, "The chairman of NAMA informed me that, having consulted its financial adviser...," to, "The chairman of NAMA informed me that he was about to consult..."?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the Minister and his officials. How many have read all 158 pages of the report in detail? One?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: All of the members of the deputation have read it. 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) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: They have all read it in detail, including the Minister. That is great. The Minister is familiar, then, with this report and its five chapters. 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) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I am going to be quick with my questions. There are five chapters, including an introduction, followed by chapters 2, 3 and 4 which deal with the financial outcome of the loan sale. I will not read out the other details. Then there is a full chapter on conflicts of interest. Is the Minister familiar with that? Has he read it? That is great. When the Minister reduces this down to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister is missing the point completely in his evidence today. The same applies to the evidence of his officials and the evidence of NAMA officials on the previous occasion in reducing this discussion to whether 5.5% was appropriate. This is a detailed report on many issues.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Let me deal with this. The Minister does not believe he is missing the point. Let me deal with the 5.5%. Is it the evidence of the Minister that the Comptroller and Auditor General picked this 5.5% out of the sky?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Where did he get it from?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Does the Minister know where he got it from?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister does not know. Is that it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Catherine Connolly: Tell me where he got it from.