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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Woods for their presence today. The previous time I met Mr. O'Brien was at the Committee of Public Accounts but he will be glad to hear there will not be the same level of grilling. I welcome the fact there is an accountability framework in place. That was a separate issue in respect of contracts. Notwithstanding the remit of this committee, it is still in the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I apologise but I have to go to the Dáil Chamber for 12 noon as a Government Deputy.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. O'Brien.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 203. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are regulations in place regarding safety standards for candles, either in terms of fire safety and toxins; and if there are future plans for further regulation. [37826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 has not yet been commenced; and the timeline for commencement. [37596/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (29 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the unfair treatment of a secondary carer, who is also a major financial contributor to a child, being unable to receive the single person child carer credit when the primary carer chooses to cohabit and is no longer able to relinquish the credit to the secondary carer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current regulations applicable to property renters and the further regulations planned with regard to the negative implications upon housing supply of peer-to-peer accommodation rental companies (details supplied). [37454/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (29 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 663. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts currently underway to make Irish farming more environmentally sustainable in view of Ireland's difficulty in reaching the climate change targets of the Paris Agreement due to agricultural production of greenhouse gases. [37432/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I know this is not a court but it would be usual in a case that an applicant or defendant would put in a replying affidavit on the morning of the trial so that he or she would have to get an adjournment because one does not have enough time to go through it. That would be the common course of events. I do not say we should adjourn today but we are on the back foot because we have not had...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: It would make sense to start at 10 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. Daly for his forbearance and I thank his team for being here today. I know it is quite taxing for him. It struck me that the truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. When the witness was talking about an "Eagle deal", I thought it would be a good title for a novel, with all the various characters-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Some of the characters are more desirable than others and some are quite nefarious, with a plot line changing as it goes along. I am not sitting here in judgement of Mr. Daly or NAMA, for that matter. We have a report to produce and we are trying to establish the truth more than anything else. The witness can understand, from our perspective, when we are hearing different narratives and...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I am pleased about that. I am only asking for reasons of fairness because I put that to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: It would not have made a radical difference.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: That is Mr. Daly's opinion.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I outlined at the last meeting that things were lacking in three main categories. Under the category of valuation of portfolios, there was a lack of records, a lack of discussions about the sale of Project Eagle, a lack of formal evaluations of property collateral and a lack of formal expert advice received. Under the category of conflict of interest issues, there was a lack of actions...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I have a more pertinent question. I understand that in other NAMA loan sales, the loan sale advisers valued both the loan collateral and the loan portfolio for disposal in a single lot. I understand that in the case of another NAMA multi-debtor, where there was a multi-property sale, the loan sale advisers advised on alternative loan sale strategies and provided a commentary on market...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. McDonagh can understand that we are struggling to see why Lazard was engaged so quickly without the sort of regular due process.