John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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That is agreed.

No. 3A.4 is correspondence from NAMA in regard to the De Vere Hunt case. I want to put on record that I am not one bit phased by this correspondence. While it may be factual in terms of how it quotes what the members have said and the action that was taken, the fact of the matter is that this letter was sent to us on the day they had a meeting with this lady. It is clear from that, therefore, and from what is in the correspondence, that they are attempting to tick off the Committee of Public Accounts, and I reject that approach.

There is a reference to nominating a solicitor in this case and it mentions various things that were discussed in the course of the meeting, such as the serving of papers. In my view, in a case where a person has died by suicide, it is not acceptable to serve papers by throwing them at the porch door. There are other ways of doing business than using such tactics, particularly when a person is acting on behalf of the State. I wish to put my view about that on record. The correspondence also quotes Deputy Mary Lou McDonald.