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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) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: In any way. I am asking the question.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: Think about this: there has been a volte facein the decision-making at board level, moving from a firesale to a sale all in one go. A meeting took place in Stormont. There was a person on the Northern Ireland Advisory Committee at it. There is a letter from Brown Rudnick to Finance Minister Wilson that is effectively a letter of intent. If one looks at it in any other way, one notes it is...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: It is fair to say, however, that NAMA would not have sold were it not for the approach coming in and the way in which it came in.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: Then, there was the letter to Mr. Wilson and the meetings which took place in Stormont. Obviously, the letter of intent gave certain guarantees or referenced certain guarantees. Whether they materialised is another question. The next thing that happened was this approach.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have just outlined four factors and I have also outlined the letter of intent, the meetings that were taking place and the role of Mr. Cushnahan. Did the board not consider all of these activities, the change of thinking as regards a fire sale and the four pressures that NAMA was under? Mr. McEnery has said that section 10 was paramount but not exclusive, which is a very important and...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: My final reference is as follows. At the board meeting of 12 December, reference was made to the idea that the portfolio sale would release NAMA from what it described as "a disproportionate burden of effort in light of the relative size of the portfolio".

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: What does "burden of effort" mean?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: Is it the four things to which I referred? Is it lack of debtor engagement-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----business risk-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: -----diplomacy and political pressure?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: I assure the Chair that I am concluding now and not asking another question. The crux of this in relation to the €170 million is dependant on what I spoke about earlier, which is the four factors versus section 10 of the NAMA Act and whether the process was going to be worthwhile. Was it paramount or exclusive as referred to by Mr. McEnery? That is the crux of this issue. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: Absolutely. I believe that is right. It could be higher. It could be lower.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: Mr. McEnery might re-edit his statement there.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 47. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that there has been a closure and reduction of Shannondoc services in County Clare in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30694/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 48. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure there will be adequate supply of nurses in our health service in the coming years to meet demand [30696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll out of Jigsaw; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Funding (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 94. To ask the Minister for Health if the extra funding provided for in budget 2017 will meet the demand assessed by the HSE for all home care packages and home help hours required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30698/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of ambulance services in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme. [30410/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2016)

Alan Kelly: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the carer’s allowance scheme. [30414/16]