Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Ministers I met were Sammy Wilson, Simon Hamilton, the then First Minister, Peter Robinson, and the deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness.

I would have been present at meetings of the North-South body where Ministers from all political parties were present.

NAMA was always an agenda item. Sometimes it would be just a couple of sentences; other times, a discussion. No one ever attempted to put political pressure on me. Frank Daly says the same. No political pressure was put on him either by Sinn Féin or the DUP, which were the principal participants in government. The answer to the question is that nothing that the Northern Ireland politicians did in my mind contributed to reducing the price. There is a difference of opinion between NAMA and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s office. That difference of opinion on price has not been resolved. We would be hoping that the committee’s deliberations would help to resolve it.