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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (2 Jul 2013)

Gerald Nash: Based on evidence.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (2 Jul 2013)

Gerald Nash: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of a higher education grant will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth as same was approved by award letter on 1 May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32026/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Gerald Nash: As a 16 year old boy, I was infuriated and maddened at the way in which the State treated a then 14 year old girl who had been raped by a neighbour in a case that has become known to all of us as the X case. It has been 21 years since the Supreme Court clarified the constitutional position on this most serious matter related to the health and lives of pregnant women. I did not envisage that...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Bradshaw raised the matter himself at the meeting, which is why I raise it again. As I understand it, he had a minority shareholding in two properties in the Dublin Docklands Development Authority area.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Is Mr. Bradshaw in a position to identify those two properties? Is that in order, Chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I am sorry. In fairness, Mr. Bradshaw did make that position known to the Minister who originally appointed him to the board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. I accept and understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: In fairness, Mr. Bradshaw has been very open. He has gone further than he was necessarily obliged to do, but I brought it up again given that he raised the issue himself. Did any conflicts arise during Mr. Bradshaw’s ten year tenure as chairman as a result of his property investments? He referenced those at various board meetings. Did he absent himself? Could he explain the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: The authority was the planning authority for the area and had the duty of examining and sanctioning any planning application.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I thank Mr. Bradshaw.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: It was overheated.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I was.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: It tried to pull off the 1998 success almost ten years later.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Bradshaw has done his best to address the point, but I am finding it very difficult to understand why a formal valuation was not secured in October before the final decision on the joint venture was made. He will accept that was far from best practice.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: One would not buy a house without getting an independent valuation.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: What formal valuation can Mr. Bradshaw recall?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: It had previously valued the site.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: What value did it put on the site?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Can Mr. Bradshaw recall the valuation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I suggest Mr. Bradshaw, as chair of a public body, should have deployed best practice in regard to it.