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23/08/2016
Stormont To Meet Over Nama Coaching Claims
A special meeting of Stormont's finance committee to discuss claims that a member of Sinn Féin 'coached' loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson before he gave evidence at a Nama inquiry is to take place later today.
The committee will meet Daithí McKay, who was the committee's former chairman. Following last week's allegations, Mr McKay has since resigned as a Sinn Féin MLA, but other political parties said that further action needs to be taken.
The DUP is understood to have formally complained to the police, as well as to the assembly's Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain about the allegations.
Emma Little-Pengelly, from the DUP, is now chair of the finance committee. Speaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme she has said the claims need to be fully investigated.
She said: "There will need to be a series of investigations, there have been calls for independent investigations and that needs to happen, and I do think all the parties involved in this must co-operate. This is about building confidence with people and getting to the truth of the matter."
Nama was established to deal with toxic loans after the 2008 property crash. In 2014, it sold its NI loans portfolio to a US investment firm for £1.2bn. Last year, the Stormont inquiry was set up after an allegation was made in the Dáil that a politician or political party in NI stood to profit from the loan sale.
(JP)
The committee will meet Daithí McKay, who was the committee's former chairman. Following last week's allegations, Mr McKay has since resigned as a Sinn Féin MLA, but other political parties said that further action needs to be taken.
The DUP is understood to have formally complained to the police, as well as to the assembly's Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain about the allegations.
Emma Little-Pengelly, from the DUP, is now chair of the finance committee. Speaking to BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme she has said the claims need to be fully investigated.
She said: "There will need to be a series of investigations, there have been calls for independent investigations and that needs to happen, and I do think all the parties involved in this must co-operate. This is about building confidence with people and getting to the truth of the matter."
Nama was established to deal with toxic loans after the 2008 property crash. In 2014, it sold its NI loans portfolio to a US investment firm for £1.2bn. Last year, the Stormont inquiry was set up after an allegation was made in the Dáil that a politician or political party in NI stood to profit from the loan sale.
(JP)
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