Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)

Given that set of circumstances and what one might call NAMA hotels, or hotels at risk of being put into the NAMA system, has the Minister considered asking the Minister for Finance if he will appoint somebody with a knowledge of the tourism or hotel industry to NAMA? The debt is €6.7 billion, which is a substantial amount of money. Somebody with a specific knowledge of, and interest in, the tourism industry or hotel industry should be appointed to NAMA.

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