Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----had no relationship with any party on the loan sale against whom allegations of wrongdoing now are being made. The loan portfolio was sold after an open process to the highest bidder for what it was worth. As I stated, attempting to put NAMA into what is a highly complicated Northern tale is not necessarily, I suggest to Deputy Adams, giving the full picture. NAMA did not appear before the Northern Ireland Committee for Finance and Personnel. What NAMA has done is to appear before committees of this House and speak in detail, because NAMA is an entity established by the Irish Government. NAMA does not have a responsibility in respect of the Northern Executive.

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