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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) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know if that is deliberate or accidental but I hear Ms Nolan very much taking an identical analysis to NAMA and perhaps that is okay. Perhaps she has just arrived at the same conclusions.
- 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, yes.
- 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: Why is Ms Nolan repeating that? That has not been said.
- 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: Is it wise to be concerned about issues that have not been raised? That is-----
- 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 Mr. Reid still hold that view?
- 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: Yes.
- 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 Mr. Reid share those concerns? I think that is the question.
- 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: There was. Maybe the Department did not like it. That is incorrect.
- 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 one very short question for Mr. Reid following on from his thought that the Comptroller and Auditor General might benefit from additional advice. Has he ever advised NAMA that it should seek external or additional advice? Did he do so in respect of the sale of Project Eagle because-----
- 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 have debated that. That is not my question.
- 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: My question is to Mr. Reid. Has he ever made a similar suggestion or observation to NAMA? Did he make that observation in respect of the entire Project Eagle process, particularly because one of the notable things from the NAMA side was an excessive reliance on valuations that dated back to 2009 and a limited remit for Lazard? As Mr. Reid is obviously a person who thinks these matters...
- 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: At any stage.
- 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: So Mr. Reid would not been aware of how limited was the mandate for Lazard.
- 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: In other words, Mr. Reid would always have taken the view that NAMA was more than equipped internally and in terms of external advice to discharge its functions fully.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Surprise, surprise.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about rent control?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Fianna Fáil opposed rent control.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask about the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into the case of Grace, the young woman with intellectual disabilities at the centre of foster home abuse allegations. The report by senior counsel, Conor Dignam, was published on Tuesday. It makes for disturbing reading. When will the terms of reference for the commission be brought to the Dáil? When does...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I shall know that in future.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: That has been the custom and practice in the past.