Results 181-200 of 236 for nama speaker:John McGuinness

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Sometimes NAMA's properties and rents will not relate to a square footage but to something else, such as a deal that must be done because NAMA wants to rent the building. Who knows that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: To whom did the two people in question report to directly when they were with NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Did Mr. McDonagh conduct an internal review of NAMA recently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Were those internal investigations arising from the complaint carried out before or after NAMA notified the Garda about this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: If those files, or any files, have been passed to the Garda and there is a special liaison officer there, is it not strange that there has not been more contact or a more definite position from NAMA on it? People would expect that with so much being talked about, true or false we do not know, the liaison garda would be in regular contact with NAMA by now, that Mr. McDonagh would know what he...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: .... McDonagh rightly acknowledged, to the economy and the State. I would have thought that when the papers were handed to the Garda, it would have to examine them, but surely it would have contacted NAMA before now. Certainly, regarding all the other information in the media, and if there is a liaison officer appointed, would Mr. McDonagh not have expected that the Garda would have been in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Mr. McDonagh made reference to Mr. McKillen in the context of the NAMA board's decision not to acquire his loans. He outlined the information he would have possessed in regard to Mr. McKillen. What is NAMA's relationship to Mr. McKillen and what is the extent of the information it has on him? I want to get an idea of what is being discussed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Mr. Moran appears anxious to get information into the public domain to help the understanding of NAMA, the loans and the Department of Finance. He is dealing with FOI requests but he has no difficulty in allowing the information to be released. I do not refer to specific information. I am referring to information from the Department on its role and activities in respect of NAMA. He is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Let me clarify some points arising from what we have heard this morning. Again, I go back to my opening remarks which were aimed at ensuring NAMA and the Department of Finance would address many of the issues in the public domain to allay fears, restore trust and limit the damage, if any damage had been done. Mr. Daly has dealt with this in very strong terms in the context of how he feels...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Who would have made the complaints? How did they arise? Does NAMA detect complaints in its processes? Is it by a member of the public or somebody else who makes a complaint? Did NAMA discover the complaint in each of these five cases? How did they come to light?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Was there ever a case where another file relevant to somebody else was leaked or investigated by NAMA? I am not talking about Mr. McKillen. I just want to clarify a point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: Did any staff within NAMA, the other thing about which we read, ever purchase a property or have the benefit of a property?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: ...Síochána. When Deputy Deasy asked about internal complaints in the National Asset Management Agency, we learned that no internal complaints have been made. Is there a mechanism in place in NAMA for making internal complaints?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: The purpose of this meeting is to bring clarity to a number of issues raised in the Dáil and Seanad and in the media. I hope you and NAMA would take advantage of this meeting to allay any fears that might exist in the public domain arising from all those public comments and to clarify matters. Again, I believe you should reconsider the matter of those e-mails and determine whether they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: While I understand Mr. Moran is not scheduled to make an opening statement, perhaps he might outline the role of the Department of Finance in relation to NAMA and clarify the issue raised in the Dáil this week in relation to the freedom of information request and the withheld documentation relative to that request.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: This is a special meeting to deal with NAMA and the Department of Finance. Deputy Deasy will be the lead speaker, followed by Deputy O'Donnell, and members can contribute and ask questions afterwards. Before we call the witnesses, I advise the committee that I made contact with St. Vincent's Hospital, which has agreed to send representatives before the committee. I suggest that we invite...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: ...from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government or the merits of the objectives of such policies. I welcome Mr. Brendan McDonagh, CEO of NAMA and invite him to introduce his officials.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: We want to do it more thoroughly. In dealing with the biggest property company in the world, NAMA, one needs certain expertise when all the experts are on one side of the room. That is the case with many agencies and Departments. We need to be equipped to do that job fully and properly. While I accept what the Comptroller and Auditor General said, and this is no criticism of his office,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: I will ask the clerk to check with members, the Department of Finance and NAMA to arrange a meeting, bearing in mind members’ availability.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Dec 2013)

John McGuinness: We are not going to do that. The material available from NAMA or anywhere else should be before us. There can be no excuses. I will ask the clerk to the committee to make the arrangements.