Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The former Minister, Michael McGrath, now Commissioner-designate, was asked in the House in 2019 in relation to Mr. John Fraher in Clonmel. His tax number was used when he was not trading in this country. This deals with NAMA. We all know about Project Eagle. This is project préachán, where lands in Clonmel were disposed of under section 183 by Tipperary County Council, which did not have planning permission. A massive fraud was carried out by NAMA. Revenue’s senior investigation team is aware of this and it has been brought to the Garda. I raised it with the Tánaiste before and he told me to go to the Garda, but the Garda refused to investigate it.

A massive fraud was perpetrated and the tax number of an individual who was not residing or trading in the country was used for three or four years. What went on in NAMA was unbelievable, with knowledge of Revenue and nothing being done about it. This is a fraud relating to Clonmel Park Hotel and Mr. John Fraher, a good upstanding businessman. He has asked me to get answers. The former Minister for Finance and now Commissioner-designate, Deputy Michael McGrath, was asked those questions but he did not answer them. This needs to be investigated.

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