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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (24 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available for a person (details supplied) who has exhausted the appeals process for domiciliary care payments but feels they are entitled to the full payment based on the scheme legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (24 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a breach of the nitrates regulation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (24 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rationale in the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 for continuing the requirement for disclosure of directors' emoluments in small company financial statements while exempting micro companies from that requirement, in contrast to the equivalent legislation applying in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, which exempts both...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: There is some misinformation on RCT, which is not a tax on income. It is a preliminary collecting tax for all other tax heads, such as VAT and income tax. By its very nature we cannot judge how much it takes in a year. There will be offsets from year to year because it must go to another position in the tax system. It is not a tax on income. It can misrepresent the facts when minus...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: It is important to note that compliance has significantly increased since the start of 2016. Anyone familiar with working the eRCT system for principal contractors will know that for any contract that is undertaken he has to specify the value, the location and whether the contractor has insurance. All these details are available for the Revenue Commissioners to do aspect queries and audits....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (23 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 101. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [36396/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (23 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for a carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied). [36398/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (23 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: 188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 16 November 2016, if he will address the issues raised and expedite an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36528/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: I welcome Mr. Long and thank him for presenting to the committee today. The closing price was a £1.24 billion deal. We have been made aware at this stage that first, the data room was managed by the client which was a major organ of the Irish State in one respect and backed by the taxpayer. Second, a verbal briefing was given at an initial meeting between Lazard and NAMA of which we...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: I never said there was no advice. I said there was no advice in terms of strategy. We were told very clearly that Lazard did not invite in terms of the strategy - in terms of when to sell and whether a group of assets should be sold piecemeal or together. There was no advice on that. Second, there was no advice in terms of timing - when to sell. Lazard was given that instruction. Third,...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: So Mr. Long would not see Lazard's approach as advising its client as to whether it had carried out a risk assessment in terms of the procedure or instructions it has followed considering that this was a major sale which could, in theory, expose the Irish taxpayer? In terms of Lazard getting the best value for its client, as a professional adviser, should Lazard not have asked its client at...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Whether the best outcome was achieved is obviously questionable in light of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General laid before us. That is open to speculation and is what we must assess. At a basic level, it concerns me that in respect of the process surrounding this and the limitations placed upon Lazard's engagement that Lazard was reluctant to say it should advise a client to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: So Lazard took NAMA's judgement and proceeded on the basis that it only wanted to sell the asset. Value was not a concern. It just wanted to get the asset sold.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: I understand what Mr. Long is saying. He is saying that Lazard's job was to assist NAMA in achieving its objectives. What I do not understand is how he can put that as one with not questioning the process by which NAMA was constraining itself, which Mr. Long has already said was unusual in terms of the 50 sales in which Lazard has been involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Mr. Long's firm found this to be a difficult sale.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: I have three brief final points. In respect of 13 February when there was a loss of confidentiality, should Lazard not have considered amending the sales approach or advising NAMA to carry out a risk assessment 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) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: None of the other constraints - for example, the timing in pressing ahead, the strategy of bulking everything together, etc. - changed. Would it not have been prudent at that point to assess the situation? The information had changed and there had been a breach in something that NAMA held dear.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: But Lazard did not ask about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: Would it be unusual during an initial consultation regarding such a major deal for a meeting to happen of which we had no written agreement signed by the parties at the meeting detailing what was discussed and what approach was to be taken?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (22 Nov 2016)

Peter Burke: If something happened to that document down the road or a concern was raised about it, what would be the cornerstone? There would be no record of the initial meeting.