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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate funding to reinstate a project (details supplied); if he will consider providing funding in the future to reopen the project under SOS in view of the excellent feedback received regarding the benefits of the scheme for those with learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32805/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for accommodating those who were housed under a project (details supplied) who may have been only one year into a two or three-year lease at the time when funding was not forthcoming and the project disbanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32806/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the process for accommodating a person (details supplied) who was actively engaged in a project before it was disbanded; if they will be housed by SOS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32807/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Nov 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will ensure that there will be no further delay and surgery will go ahead as currently scheduled in order that there is no further deterioration in the person's condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32964/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (26 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of post-primary school places which were available in advance of the commencement of the 2016/2017 academic year in schools within the Kilkenny city district; the number of applications received in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32269/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Are properties, houses, land or anything like that involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Cash?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome the witnesses to this meeting today. This committee is having an ongoing debate every week about NAMA and the sale of the Project Eagle portfolio. I will begin with an observation. I have been very frustrated at the lack of clarity and detail in terms of minutes of meetings and paper trail deficiencies. The quality of record keeping and documentation in general leaves a lot to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: So there were two meetings. Where did those meetings take place and what was discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: What level of detail did PIMCO have in respect of the portfolio to enable it to make an offer?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Did Mr. Collison wonder how it got the information?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: PIMCO sought a closed deal. That is the way it approached NAMA first but NAMA, in its wisdom, wanted an open-market deal. How did PIMCO respond? Did NAMA explain matters to PIMCO even though the latter had sought a closed deal with only itself involved and no-one else?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Was PIMCO happy to proceed with the sale on the open market?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Did NAMA ask PIMCO had it a relationship with Brown Rudnick at that stage? Who made the initial approach and when?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Did Brown Rudnick make the first approach to NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: This paper also states that PIMCO liked the value proposition and that they believed the secondary markets offer good opportunities for further investors at great value. What did PIMCO mean by the term "value proposition"? How would it know the value of the portfolio? Did the Executive disclose the value when it met PIMCO?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: If NAMA's policy was to have an open-market loan sale, why did asset recovery propose to give PIMCO a head start by granting it access to information in order to carry out due diligence? This is an important aspect.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Why did asset recovery recommend a loan sale for NAMA at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Would it not have made common sense at that stage?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Bobby Aylward: What were the other options available? What about selling large assets separately, as happened with Project Arrow? NAMA had set a precedent with Project Arrow. Why not put forward such consideration at this stage? Did the board ask questions about the matter?