Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

I am giving notice to the Leader, the Minister for Finance and NAMA that, as a taxpayer and as a legislator, I will seek legal advice on what NAMA is doing and whether it has the power to write off debts in the way it is doing. There is no debt write-off for ordinary people. This was not the function of NAMA and it better stand up and take notice of what people who supported and encouraged it in its work in the interests of taxpayers are saying. It is about time this Government got a grip on the problem because Brian Lenihan would never have tolerated it as Minister for Finance.