Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

10:10 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We have to be careful about this. I have spoken to the woman at length and I would not suggest the meeting to the committee if it were the wrong thing to do. If the lady wants to represent her family and put her case to the committee, she should be asked to do so. She is not making any direct allegations or naming people; she simply wants to explain the impact on her family, her farm and her life. Her husband took his own life because of this. The case is so compelling that I feel we should not let it go. I suggest that we hear the lady, perhaps in private session, next week and perhaps before the meeting with NAMA.