Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is. On page 90 of the report Mr. McCarthy states the NAMA board and subcommittee members are legally obliged to make annual statutory declarations of relevant interests and that this entails the disclosure of interests. They should not seek to influence a decision on a matter and should absent themselves from a meeting or that part of it during which the matter is being discussed. Was this third requirement adhered to? Were members of a subcommittee who had a conflict of interest required to absent themselves from meetings at which the issue was being dealt with?