Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have just come from the Committee of Public Accounts to ask this question and it has been something we engaged with there this morning. As such, I am aware of the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the committee in relation to this. The Minister said criminal convictions apply if there is a false disclosure. Is he aware of any criminal conviction having been secured for failure to adhere to that provision? There is quite a bit of anecdotal evidence - and I accept that it is anecdotal - that people are in possession of properties to which loans were attached who were former NAMA debtors and they were not the people who purchased them. I am aware of some of those instances and would be surprised if the Minister was not also aware of them.

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