Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely, but he continued to sit on the Northern Ireland advisory committee following that - I will not use the word "damning" - very serious report. He continued to sit on the Northern Ireland advisory committee up to November 2013. Mr. McGuinness was aware of that; he did not raise any issues about that or think there was something wrong here and that he should perhaps question it more. The answer is "No"; that is okay.

I will move on to a number of other questions. I want to be fair; I would not like to be sitting on the opposite side of this room before members of the committee. We do our best to be polite and stick to the facts. When representatives of NAMA have come in here, I have been extremely hard on them regarding the narrative. The deputy First Minister has done something similar. He is giving a narrative here rather than being factual. He has given opinions. I was extremely hard on the Minister, Deputy Noonan, but Mr. McGuinness is giving opinions here. All we want is for him to help us regarding the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on conflict of interest and pressure from Northern Ireland politicians. He has not done that in his opening statement. He has given what seems to me to be more of a self-serving statement. I know he will disagree with that and he should feel free to disagree.