Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as the permanent witness to the committee. He is accompanied by Mr. John Riordan, deputy director of audit. Are the minutes of 16 and 17 November agreed? Agreed. There are no matters arising.

The next item on the agenda is correspondence received, in category A is the opening statement from Mr. Brendan McDonagh, chief executive and Mr. Frank Daly, chairman of NAMA.

We were scheduled to start at 9 a.m. The two opening statements from NAMA arrived at approximately 8.20 a.m this morning. Members have not had time to consider them.