Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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He always does this after me, for some reason. I have six questions and will make two observations. The first observation is to concur with my colleagues. I know the witnesses have a job to do, and I thank them for coming in, but can I say that, for the three of them, this has been a public relations disaster. To sign off collectively on a statement like this, with the inferences it contains, is a PR disaster for them. The public relations management in NAMA has not always been the best, and this is another example of it. Some of the inferences in the statement are unacceptable by virtue of the fact that the Comptroller and Auditor General and his colleagues are just doing their job. They are not declaring any wrongdoing in regard to anyone. They are just doing a report, which is their role, and to make comments like that was unacceptable. I believe the witnesses should reflect on them.