Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

On the role of public representatives - Deputies, Senators and councillors - in making representations to NAMA, this section is pretty strong with regard to a person communicating on behalf of another person, providing advice and so on, and it refers to the initiation of legal proceedings. What is the role of the public representative as far as NAMA is concerned? The Minister stated NAMA would be subject to parliamentary questions, which are very important, and subject to debate in the House, hopefully. What about the representations made by councillors, Deputies and Senators if there is a problem with a particular property? What would my role be if I contacted NAMA in regard to a person owning an adjoining property, for example, and tried to influence NAMA not to proceed with the project?