Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I referenced the letter to NAMA from Mr. Brian Walsh on headed Deputy notepaper raising a question about the sale of land that was subsequently put on the open market and sold to Mr. Liam Mulryan. In the letter, he urges NAMA to take measures to rectify the situation in a manner that benefits the taxpayer. Elsewhere, he refers to being contacted by "a concerned member of the public", despite there being no evidence of any such thing. What he does not mention in the letters — surely the Minister agrees this is a problem — is the fact that he was previously an employee of Mr. Mulryan, nor does he mention that he has owned at least six properties with Mr. Mulryan. He does not mention the fact that he was a director of Mr. Mulryan's companies. He has many other business associations. He is clearly a long-standing business associate of a guy who ended up owning the property partly as a consequence of his intervention. Does the Minister not see the problem here?

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