Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. Page 8 of the NAMA document listing properties subject to enforcement action states that Booterstown Marsh is not for sale at present. Many people in the Booterstown and Blackrock areas have been informed that the site in question has been sold subject to planning permission being secured. I am deeply concerned that the site was not placed on the market in the conventional sense, as has been the case with many other properties. As I stated previously, I am aware of a case in the South where a property is being bought by the vendor. I am concerned that taxpayers will lose out as a result of such transactions. Rather than securing the maximum price, an inner circle appears to be purchasing properties held by the National Asset Management Agency.

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