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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 (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Lazard never bring that to Mr. Neporent's attention or make a commentary on it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of his Department’s ongoing engagements with Dublin City Council residents and other interested parties in Longboat Quay Dublin; and the steps being taken by the relevant authorities to deal with the outstanding building regulations and fire compliance issues at that site. [35443/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the national oversight and audit commission report on rented house inspections published in October 2016 and, in particular, on the findings in the report of the low inspection levels in many local authorities, the 55% non-compliance rate in properties inspected and the €1.3 million shortfall in...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fáilte arís, deputy First Minister and Mr. Mullen. I have a question for the Comptroller and Auditor General. At any point is the deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin McGuinness, referenced in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the clarification. What is the deputy First Minister's role in NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. McGuinness met them on that occasion. What is his oversight role in NAMA, its operation or any of its transactions?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would it be fair to say the relationship between NAMA and the Executive, specifically the Offices of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, was one based essentially on political courtesy or political sensitivities?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. With regard to the Ministers in the respective jurisdictions, North and South, it would be fair to say it was slightly different.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. Mr. McGuinness has placed on the record that neither he nor the Executive had any involvement in the appointments of Mr. Rowntree or Mr. Cushnahan, and in any event he would not have had a concern with those individuals-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. The deputy First Minister has set out in some details his concerns about his exclusion by the DUP and in particular by Mr. Peter Robinson. Had he any reason to suspect anything other than - I will be polite - political awkwardness on their part? Had Mr. McGuinness at any stage any reason to suspect anything that might have been untoward or corrupt in their dealings?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will just tease that out. I raise this purely because a line of thought has emerged from Deputy Kelly in terms of the toxicity of NAMA and this deal, which is one way of interpreting matters. Of course, the other line concerns the kudos that would accrue to whoever might sort out the NAMA issue. This is speculative and I will not detain the deputy First Minister too long on this. Could...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would it be fair to say Mr. Cushnahan was fairly close to Mr. Robinson?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. That is a matter that is reflected and has been echoed by Mr. Peter Robinson.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. McGuinness must have been very angry, albeit after the fact and with the benefit of hindsight, at the behaviour of the former First Minister.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: He did not play ball, did he?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the deputy First Minister's relationship like with Sammy Wilson?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that the deputy First Minister is still very sore as regards that breach of faith. Looking at the circumstances now can I put two questions to him? Deputy Noonan is the line Minister in the Southern Administration that has responsibility for NAMA. The deputy First Minister has made it clear, and I respect his position, that he is not here to criticise Deputy Noonan. He knew...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the deputy First Minister about the Minister, Deputy Noonan.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the deputy First Minister resent the fact that Minister Noonan did not tell him?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about NAMA's assertion that in any event, around Mr. Cushnahan and the management of conflicts of interest, it would not have been in a position to remove him because of the consequences north of the Border? In the view of the deputy First Minister, is that an accurate assertion ? Would it have caused a diplomatic situation?