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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: While some additional funding has been provided, there is no great evidence that it is making any kind of significant difference to the waiting lists because of the fact that there are so many demographic pressures. The 17 NGOs that came together this week deal with our health system on a daily basis and believe that home care must be made a priority for our health care system. We need to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Earlier this week some 17 leading NGOs came together to brief Deputies and make the compelling case for greater investment in home care and community supports as part of budget 2017. The picture painted by the NGOs is of a system approaching crisis point. Their stories cannot be ignored. Consider, for example, Moira Skelly who cares full-time for her daughter Ciara, a 21 year old woman...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Auditors do not have feelings.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Deputy MacSharry for allowing me to come in now on account of my Dáil engagements later. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his office for his report and their presentation this morning. I have questions on three areas. There has been a lot of media and public focus on the scale of the probable, or possible, loss but for our purposes, the main concern should be...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am interested in knowing what evidence there is in the minutes that there was adequate or appropriate scrutiny of the fact that there was a very significant discrepancy between the cashflow figure and the actual price achieved, of the discount applied and the price achieved.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Did anybody on the board at any point refer to the fact that there were no property valuations available in the context of the sale?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: On the Comptroller and Auditor General’s exchanges with NAMA on the various drafts of the report, Mr. McCarthy made a very interesting point in his presentation that while he had had engagement from January this year, it was not until June, some five or six months later, that there was a query about the valuation. Will he indicate to us the nature of the issues in dispute between...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Mr. McCarthy responded to Deputy Catherine Connolly’s questions on the matter earlier in the meeting, but to clarify, is it correct to say his figure of £190 million, as being the possible loss, was included in the draft in January and that the figure was not queried until June? That is my understanding of what he indicated earlier, but I might be incorrect.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Mr. McCarthy for the clarification. The third issue about which I wish to ask him is the management of conflicts of interest. On page 90 of the report-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, it is. On page 90 of the report Mr. McCarthy states the NAMA board and subcommittee members are legally obliged to make annual statutory declarations of relevant interests and that this entails the disclosure of interests. They should not seek to influence a decision on a matter and should absent themselves from a meeting or that part of it during which the matter is being discussed....

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Yet Project Eagle entailed a significant number of properties owned by those debtors.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I am sorry. That to me is a very significant issue and a serious failing of corporate governance. Mr. McCarthy has said there is a legal requirement. In his view, was it met by the members of the NIAC?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: From the Comptroller and Auditor General's experience, was this issue raised at any point on the board of NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The issue that a member of the sub-committee had a significant conflict of interest and that this had been disclosed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the location of each direct provision centre, in tabular form; the name of the companies managing the centres; the amount paid by the RIA to each company in 2016; the number of persons currently housed in the centres, whether or not the centres are State-owned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27895/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Charges (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2017 and in a full year for every €250 reduction in the third level student contribution charge. [28016/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant, SNA, and appropriate learning supports will be made available to a child (details supplied) with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27871/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant, SNA, and appropriate learning supports will be made available to a child (details supplied) with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27871/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a 2015 NDFA project (details supplied); his views on whether this project violates his Department's guidelines relating to social mix; if he will make public the design brief that has been supplied to the chosen architects; the proposals for local consolations if these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (29 Sep 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to local authorities in 2016 for home adaptation grants with a breakdown by grant type; and the number of households projected to be covered by these grants in 2016 in each case. [28018/16]