Finance Minister rejects NAMA ‘lobbying’ claims

The Finance Minister has told the Dáil that NAMA received no representations from politicians that would be classed as lobbying.
It’s after AAA-PBP TD Paul Murphy claimed in the Dáil that former Fine Gael Galway West TD Brian Walsh persistently lobbied Nama on behalf of business partners over a number of years.
The controversial deputy also claimed that former TD Brian Walsh “inappropriately” did not disclose his relationship with the business partners in question to the agency.
However, speaking in the Dáil, Minister Michael Noonan said “none of the representations that Nama has received from public representatives falls within the category of lobbying, and none is in breach of the Nama Act”.