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THE NATIONAL MANAGEMENT Assets Agency (NAMA) has said that no evidence has been passed on to it about any impropriety involving staff members.
In the Seanad today, Senator Daragh O’Brien said he had information in his possession that shows impropriety by employees, including the leaking of information.
He told TheJournal.ie that he could not go into too much detail as of yet but said that more information would be forthcoming.
In a statement this evening, NAMA said the “Senator’s comments in the Seanad this afternoon suggest that he has evidence of impropriety involving staff members of NAMA.
“He has not shared any such evidence with NAMA. Nor has NAMA received any such evidence from any other party.”
The statement went on to say that “if the Senator or any other party has evidence of any impropriety, they are legally obliged, under Section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011, to bring it to the immediate attention of the Garda Siochana”.
Leaked information
O’Brien said NAMA is the largest property management company in the world and has responsibility for €74 billion in loans, adding that he needed to know today whether the Garda Commissioner has been requested to carry out a “detailed investigation” into alleged “corruption and impropriety in NAMA”.
“It is crucial that the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Justice and Equality come before the House today to make a statement on this matter, which is so serious that it could undermine NAMA and the property and financial services sectors,” he said.
He called on the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance or the Minister for Justice and Equality to come before the House and confirm whether the Garda Commissioner has been requested to carry out an investigation.
The gardaí confirmed to TheJournal.ie that a complaint had been received from NAMA in relation to a former employee and that they were conducting an investigation into the matter. The added that their investigation was at an advanced stage.
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The Irish Imigration Centre Dublin.
@Catherine Mc: *Emigration
@Martin Flood:
Thank you Martin for correction.
@Catherine Mc: The nearest loo if you have a full bladder lol.
How can one win an architecture award just on good location? The Kilsallagh one and the Marconi station are just good locations with nothing of architectural interest.
The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
Merchants quay Cork *winkwink*
Petition for Liberty Hall!!
@Alan O’Rourke: and the Twin Towers in Poolbeg !
The public library in Bantry Co Cork incorporates the adjacent twisting road and river ingeniously.
Most of them are hidious (especailly the modern ones) and completely impractical, (flat roofs in Ireland just means the designer has no grasp on reality) Are the older better quality desgins going to the original designers, or the nesw ones whove just stuck a few panes of glass in and cleaned the stonework?
Wanderly wagon?
Knock Chapel?
Wanderlust wagon?
have your say