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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) (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why did the deputy First Minister come here today?

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 think that his performance in his office was, as a colleague has suggested, below par? Does the deputy First Minister accept that criticism?

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 think that First Minister Robinson's performance was below par?

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 want to know in respect of Project Eagle.

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: Finally, does the deputy First Minister think that First Minister Robinson should attend this forum and co-operate?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (16 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied) for funding to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35297/16]

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Self-praise is no praise.

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I warmly welcome the report on the recognition of Irish Sign Language and commend the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality, in particular my colleague, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I extend a warm welcome to the signers in the Visitors Gallery. As I have a penchant for signing, I am enjoying their language as the debate unfolds. The report is straightforward...

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is great.

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister of State can assist us by repeating that commitment in the Dáil Chamber. That is important for the purposes of this debate. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin made an observation about the official recognition of Irish Sign Language in Northern Ireland in 2004 and the fact that there was an equivalent provision in the Good Friday Agreement that placed on us an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with all of that. The letter does a number of things. It resolves the April 2013 issue, to which it refers. It changes the entire narrative of exactly what went on. It is probably the most illuminating piece of correspondence and evidence that has come before us. That is why I believe the Chairman does need to read it into the record. I have a question for the Chairman as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: We can, but in my view, and it will become clear when the letter is read, we need to do that. We need to specifically ask that Mr. Tuvi Keinan appears before this committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: A number of issues arise. First, this letter is a game-changer. It sets out a number of troubling facts but, as troubling as they are, they clarify what were gaps in the sequence of events and our understanding of what happened and why. It now seems that Project Eagle was conceived of not by PIMCO, as NAMA had asserted, but by Brown Rudnick, along with Tughans and Mr. Frank Cushnahan....

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The suggestion was made by Deputy Cullinane that we need to hear from NAMA legal and also from the board members who were so vociferous and voluminous: Mr. McEnery, Mr.-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is his boss who we need to hear.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is his senior who we need to hear.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: We cannot compel, but Deputy Madigan makes an absolutely fair point. Perhaps we could gently encourage Mr. Rice at the appropriate time and ask him to present himself. We cannot compel him, but Deputy Madigan's point is fairly made.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Chairman want to take a break?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have a few questions and I will endeavour to be concise. The reaction to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report has been boiled down to his estimation of probable loss in respect of that transaction. I refer to document PAC32-R-167 B, which is from the NAMA audit committee meeting on Thursday, 1 May 2014. We received it yesterday and Mr. McCarthy referred to this earlier. The...