Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with most of what Deputy McDonald said. It is shocking and extraordinary that the documents should be issued when it is almost impossible to digest them, and they are deliberately and nakedly politically divisive and provide a distraction to what is happening today. I can only conclude that it is deliberate on a day when we are doing important work and when we have invited the MLAs from Northern Ireland here. It contrasts very starkly with the extraordinary decision by NAMA, with the Minister's support, not to co-operate with the inquiry in Northern Ireland. There is a paradox and contradiction in what the Minister is doing by releasing the information at this time, just before this committee meeting, given that he could have released it any time since 2 September and he is not encouraging NAMA, a semi-State agency, to provide any evidence to help the inquiry in Northern Ireland. We should make this point clear to the Minister and NAMA.