Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The first point I should make is that, under the NAMA Act, NAMA has to make its decisions independently and on a commercial basis. It has to get the best commercial return. NAMA has played an important role in facilitating housing delivery and supply across Ireland, so I will make inquiries on this specific issue, but it does not fall to me to give NAMA a direction regarding a particular site where its commercial assessment would lead it to a different conclusion. We want to see social, affordable and cost-rental homes developed in such a strategic location, though, so I will follow up on the issue the Deputy has raised.

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