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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 (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. McDonagh spoke about the slow pace between 2010 and 2013 and said that influenced the decision. He talked about frustration. Did frustration get the better of him? Was that an instigative factor?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. Daly has summed it up again by saying that if there was not a headline saying probable loss NAMA would not be here. Mr. McEnery gave a passionate defence of the discount. Does the Minister for Finance accept the rationale, the discount applied and the price achieved for that disposal?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: I am not asking Mr. Daly------

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Has there been an interaction between NAMA's office and him or his office to discuss that? Has the Department of Finance sought explanations for the discount and the rationale behind applying it? Have the Department, the senior officials and the Minister accepted NAMA's rationale over the past few months?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: They are just as important to the running of the State.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: NAMA sent that out in a circular to the Cabinet and because there was no pushback it takes that as acceptance of the rationale for the discount.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Has the Minister not contacted Mr. Daly or any other senior NAMA official to discuss the understanding? It is a topical issue. It is not too often people in the local pub discuss NAMA. The Minister has to be cognisant of the fact that this affects the ordinary person on the street. Has he picked up the telephone and asked Mr. Daly, one to one, his stance on this issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: That is perfectly fine. Mr. Daly has been very careful not to engage in that telephone call, was there ever an attempt by the Department or anyone representing the Minister to seek his view on that?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: 41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Meath Garda division. [27397/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Meath Garda division. [27396/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff, as always, for the excellent reports prepared for and presented to us. This is my first time to meet Mr. Watt and I thank him for his presence here today, for his frankness and positive approach with respect to his statement and the answers provided. I note the Comptroller and Auditor General's confidence in that he stated that he...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: The report, as has been stated by the Comptroller and Auditor General and Mr. Watt, does not go into the actual reasons for severance. Mr. Watt spoke earlier about the benefits. Can he give me a flavour of those? I have a concern about the safeguards in place for the recruitment process. Mr. Watt said the benefits would far outweigh the negatives where somebody is in charge of hundreds if...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: They are all fully public with pictures beside them.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: That would bring us into another debate on the core problems rather than it being seen as the optimum recourse in dealing with problems within the public service in general.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate that but it was referred to earlier in the discussion and I want to get a flavour of it because it is helpful for people in general, even though the Comptroller and Auditor General has clarified it by saying he that thinks it is a better course to pursue in the long term in respect of future cases. From our point of view, that is interesting.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank Mr. Watt.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: Chairman, can that be identified?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: The committee dealt with an issue in respect of the North Meath Communities Development Association Limited in January last. There was a very detailed outline of where there should be a resolution to this matter. The matter has not been resolved. I know the committee also referred this matter to the Department of the Taoiseach in January. During the summer the North Meath Communities...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Shane Cassells: I would appreciate that.