Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

It is perfectly conceivable that in making a business decision one decides that the balance of advantage is to take a loss, acknowledge that and to move on. NAMA is working within specific legislation which requires it to dispose of assets and get the best return available for the taxpayer. If one bundles certain types of assets together, one may cross subsidise one asset with another. There may be an element of-----