Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 June 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is important to say that although the Comptroller and Auditor General had a role, the primary role was for NAMA. The spirit of section 172 could never have played out, and NAMA would have seen that most directly. We have all been knocking on doors recently, and I have noticed a gap in the planning legislation in relation to strategic projects. It is a small thing but when one notices it, one has to ask how it can be dealt with. I would have thought that part of NAMA's remit would be to make sure that the public got the absolute maximum. If something was bought and then quite quickly sold to the original owner for a fraction of-----

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