Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The question I am asking is where should the debate start then in terms of whether something was cooked up. That is why I asked about the possible contagion from the North to the South. There had been a request for an exclusive deal with one preferred bidder and the dots are being joined in that respect as well by virtue of what PIMCO voluntarily offered by way of its letter to the committee. Is that a fair assertion to make in terms of the potential to cook up a deal between a closed number of Northern Ireland Ministers and a preferred bidder and a link to people who could have benefitted from the sale?