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- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Mick Wallace: When the assets were moved to NAMA for more than €30 billion it was not expected that the agency would just get its €30 billion back. The assets were valued at over €74 billion before they went to NAMA. That was their book value in the banks. It was expected that they would reach somewhere in between, at least, which would put the figure around €60 billion. The...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Mick Wallace: Can the Taoiseach stand over that? How does NAMA get away with treating the constitutional officer responsible for public audit in the State so badly?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Mick Wallace: Does the Taoiseach not think the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, should answer the questions and not get NAMA to answer questions about it? Does the Taoiseach think it is okay for the Minister for Finance to send NAMA the questions, so it can answer the questions? One could not make it up. What is going on in this place?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: If one is asked a question about a hospital or a school, there is a good chance one will check with the hospital or the school for the answer to the question. With regard to the NAMA surplus, I recall the debates about establishing NAMA very well. Many Members said that NAMA would end up with a large deficit. It was suggested there would be a deficit of up to €10 billion. I...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I may be wrong on that point but most people argued at the time that NAMA would not break even and that there would be a deficit.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I have to be honest that I was one of the people at the time who thought there would be a NAMA deficit.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: However, there will not be a NAMA deficit.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----NAMA has done its job.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Mick Wallace: Tomorrow, it will be a year to the day since the setting up of the commission of investigation into the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, under Mr. Justice Cooke. The second interim report landed on the Taoiseach's desk last week, which shows that NAMA does what it likes. Mr. Justice Cooke asked NAMA for the 40,000 documents it gave to the Comptroller and Auditor General for his...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)
Leo Varadkar: ..., interview people and then come to its conclusions at the end of doing that. The interim report of the Cooke commission, which I read only a week or two ago, does not make any findings against NAMA. It is largely a progress report on the work he is doing. He has requested an extension and that extension is being agreed. While there are certainly concerns in the report relating to...