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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (10 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...May) approved a draft Order establishing a Commission of Investigation to examine certain matters of public concern relating to certain transactions to which the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) is, or was, a party. The Government also agreed terms of reference for the Commission which provide that it will, in the first module of its work, investigate NAMA's disposal of its...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...real issue that Government is trying to address. Deputy Boyd Barrett knows as well as I do that to go from 90,000 houses being built per year to less than 9,000 takes some recovery. The Deputy mentioned NAMA acquiring properties. It was a portfolio worth €80 billion. NAMA will have done its job when it gives the taxpayer approximately a €2 billion-plus surplus within the...

Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)

Enda Kenny: I received a letter from Deputy Micheál Martin and Deputy Gerry Adams to meet further about the decision in principle that we took to hold a commission of investigation into NAMA. I intend to honour those letters and have that meeting. I have pointed out that such a commission would be limited by jurisdiction and by virtue of some legal impediments, perhaps, to having all of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...party leaders. We agreed in principle that the Government will establish a commission of investigation under the Act of 2004 to investigate any significant matters of public concern in regard to NAMA. The party leaders also agreed then that there will be limitations on the commission's work, given the location of potential witnesses, documentation outside the jurisdiction and ongoing...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Mar 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...a commission of investigation being able to get any further relevant information for the commission about the issues involved, bearing in mind the large amount of evidence it has already received from NAMA and from other interested parties. It is an important point to bear in mind given the substantial funding involved. There is €4.7 million in the Department's Vote for 2017 and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...again on 4 October and agreed, in principle, that the Government would establish a commission of investigation under the Act of 2004 to investigate matters of significant public concern regarding NAMA. The Committee of Public Accounts has been holding hearings on this also. I referred this to Deputy Doherty at the committee meeting on Estimates recently. The committee had received a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: I will have to find the information for Deputy Doherty. I do not have it here. The commission of investigation into NAMA has not been set up yet. It is one of a number of commissions of investigation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...commissions of investigation and which is where one would expect it to be. I confirm this to the Deputy and the position regarding the estimate of €10 million to cover the investigation into NAMA.

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...matter. We met again on 4 October. It was agreed in principle to establish a commission of investigation under the Act of 2004 to investigate significant matters of public concern in respect of NAMA. This will be based on terms of reference providing for the sale Project Eagle to be investigated in the first module. At the meetings, the party leaders acknowledged that there would be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...the individual that Deputy Deasy is talking about. What I do know is that I met with party leaders last September with a view to hearing their views on the issues of public concern arising from NAMA and Project Eagle. I subsequently received a number of submissions from party leaders on the matter. I met them again on 4 October. It was agreed in principle to establish a commission of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Enda Kenny: I met the party leaders back in September with a view to hearing their views on the issues of public concern that require further investigation in respect of NAMA's sale of Project Eagle. Subsequent to the meeting I received several submissions from party leaders on the matter. I met the party leaders again on 4 October last year. It was agreed in principle to establish a commission of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...to that. I do not want to be calling the leaders of the parties together three days in a row. We will be discussing the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and Brexit. We need to have a meeting about NAMA as well. We have received all the submissions. That is a separate question. I do not want to have to call all the leaders together every second day to discuss things. If we can get...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (4 Oct 2016)

Enda Kenny: As the Deputy is aware, on Thursday 15 September 2016, I met party leaders with a view to hear their views on the issues of public concern that require further investigation in relation to NAMA's sale of Project Eagle. As agreed at that meeting, on Friday 23 September 2016 I received a number of submissions on the matter. These are currently being considered and I will consult further with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...specifically to discuss the BREXIT issue. On 15 September 2016, I met Opposition party leaders with a view to seeking agreement on the issues of public concern that require further investigation in relation to NAMA's sale of Project Eagle and the most appropriate nature and terms of reference for such an investigation. On 23 September 2016 I received a number of submissions in the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...the North into allegations that were made here. Deputy Adams makes the point about the Comptroller and Auditor General. Let me repeat for the Deputy that the Comptroller and Auditor General and NAMA appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts on 9 July last year. At that appearance, the Comptroller and Auditor General indicated that his next section 226 report would look in detail...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...before with Deputy Adams and a number of other Deputies. On the question of value for money, we fully support the ongoing examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the disposal by NAMA of the loans of Northern Ireland debtors. The Comptroller and Auditor General, as Deputy Adams is aware, is best positioned to independently review the transaction in this jurisdiction. The...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...11 of the Comptroller and Auditor General Act, following this review of Project Eagle, and that is consistent with his powers to investigate, scrutinise and report independently on any aspect of NAMA's work which may arise through its annual audits or special reports about any aspect of NAMA's work. I assume if Deputy Wallace is raising a new issue on the basis of a new allegation, I am...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2016)

Enda Kenny: It is not the first time Deputy Wallace has raised a matter in respect of NAMA, which is a matter of public interest. As I said before on quite a number of occasions, the advice given to me by the authorities is that this loan portfolio was sold following an open process to the highest bidder. On the questions of allegations against certain individuals in Northern Ireland, NAMA paid no...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: I said "No allegations of wrongdoing against NAMA".

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Enda Kenny: ...fly at half mast and I have been in touch with President Obama about that. Leaders will have an opportunity to make a comment on the Order of Business. On Deputy Martin's point in respect of NAMA and Project Eagle, I want him to understand that, as I have said here on many occasions, I am informed that this loan sell was executed in a proper manner. Despite all the comments and...