Michael Noonan may attend PAC over Nama loan book

Finance Minister Michael Noonan appears set to bow to mounting pressure for him to appear before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into Nama’s sale of its Northern Ireland loan book.

Mr Noonan is to review an invitation to the PAC, his spokesman has said. Nama is scheduled to appear before the PAC on September 29 and Mr Noonan’s attendance is now being demanded by members of the committee.

The PAC is investigating Nama’s sale of its €1.6bn Northern loan book and there have been calls for Mr Noonan to make himself available to the committee, despite it not being the norm for ministers to go before it.