Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No, let me answer. I do not know anything about Mr. Cushnahan. His appointment arose from a recommendation by the Northern Ireland Minister of Finance, Sammy Wilson, to NAMA. The board of NAMA appointed him as one of two advisers on Northern Ireland. Normally, decisions in Northern Ireland are cross-party, because that is the way the Northern Ireland Executive worked. However, no one from any party in Northern Ireland brought to my attention the fact that they had a problem with Mr. Cushnahan.