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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)

Bobby Aylward: NAMA has no evidence.

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

Bobby Aylward: Leading on from that, why is there an inquiry in the UK, as well as another inquiry outside of our jurisdiction, and why will there probably be one in our jurisdiction? Why are those three inquiries going ahead if there is nothing there to answer for? Governments do not have inquiries on a whim and we are going to set one up ourselves.

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

Bobby Aylward: It is not NAMA, but it is-----

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

Bobby Aylward: I was not trying to infer that NAMA was being investigated. However, part of Project Eagle is being investigated, which is all interconnected.

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

Bobby Aylward: NAMA will co-operate with any inquiry and make any information available to help an inquiry if it is set up.

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

Bobby Aylward: Are they inhouse?

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

Bobby Aylward: Are they NAMA's own solicitors?

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

Bobby Aylward: Yes. I apologise for cutting across Deputy Connolly.

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

Bobby Aylward: Why does Mr. Daly think Cerberus took on a second legal firm? Tughans had been involved with PIMCO. If Mr. Daly could stretch his imagination, does he think that because it had information from its dealings with PIMCO, Cerberus took on Tughans in order that it would know more than would otherwise have been the case? Is it normal practice to have a second set of legal advisers for a deal...

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

Bobby Aylward: But Tughans is a legal company.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to a query (details supplied) which was sent to his office six weeks ago; if he will provide a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in responding to a query (details supplied) which was sent to his office six weeks ago; if he will provide a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27862/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (28 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the sale of the NAMA loans associated with the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford; the originating financial institutions associated with the Whitfield Clinic loans; the original financial institutions book value of the loans associated with the Whitfield Clinic; the NAMA sale valuation achieved for the loans associated with the Whitfield...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Recreation Scheme (28 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Kilkenny County Council submitted an application for funding under the rural recreation scheme; if submitted, the reason for refusal of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27656/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Recreation Scheme (28 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 172. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Carlow County Council submitted an application for funding under the rural recreation scheme; if submitted, the reason for refusal of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (28 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE’s utilisation of the Whitfield Clinic in Waterford; the details of the health services purchased from the Whitfield Clinic by the HSE for the period 2012 to 2015; details of the health services contracted from the Whitfield Clinic by the HSE for the period 2012 to 2015; the rolling service level agreements between the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for temporary accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied). [27197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Sep 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider amending legislation which governs the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that disablement benefit is included as a qualifying payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/16]

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

Bobby Aylward: I welcome the officials from the Central Bank and thank them for coming before us to answer our questions on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The Central Bank adheres to proper governance and a code of practice and implements the Government's pay policies, which is very important. However, the report's findings do not always agree with that. I have highlighted some of...

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

Bobby Aylward: The Central Bank accounts for almost half of the total severance payments awarded by public bodies from 2011 to 2013. This implies there are deficiencies in the bank's procedures for managing employee performance and its general management of human resource issues, including recruitment. Is this the case or are there other reasons for the bank's relatively high recourse to severance payments?