Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and their team, as well as the members of the Northern Ireland Assembly who are present. I am glad that Deputy Ross, as a prominent Opposition Member, opened his remarks by acknowledging NAMA's integrity as an organisation. That is important in these days of great cynicism because there has been major wrongdoing in the property market, politics and so on in this country. It is easy for people to assume lack of integrity across the board and, therefore, I welcome the fact that he acknowledged the agency's integrity. It is important that it should be acknowledged because of the work the agency is doing for the country to help us get out of the appalling hole we have been in.

I refer to the interventions of Deputy Wallace in the Dáil over the past week or so. Mr. Daly gave a strong response to them in his opening statement. Am I correct in thinking that he regards those allegations as a puff of smoke that have no serious content?