Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not involved in the detail or decisions that are made in individual court cases. The Deputy will be aware as to how NAMA has been set up. I am responsible for setting its mandate and for influencing and setting the objectives it wants to fulfil but it has independence as to how it goes about that. That firewall is also in place to ensure that it is able to fulfil its mandate in a proper way, which is what it is doing.

I am not aware of the detail of the individual American court case the Deputy referred to but I will get some information in relation to it.

The Deputy always raises matters like this because of his interest in the common good and public interest. I note his decision not to use any posters in the European Parliament elections and I wish him good luck in his efforts in the coming weeks.

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