Junior Minister Niall Collins is anticipated to make a Dáil assertion early this afternoon on a choice by Limerick Council to put a property on the market on the open market in 2007.
Mr Collins, who was a Limerick councillor when that call was made, had left the council when the general public land was in the end bought by his spouse.
These exterior of Authorities need Mr Collins not simply to make a Dáil assertion at the moment, however to reply questions too.
They wish to ask questions on a gathering of a council space committee in 2007 which the then Cllr Collins attended.
There it was agreed to place a chunk of public land in Patrickswell on sale following expressions of curiosity.
Mr Collins’ spouse would go on to purchase the land in 2008, after it was publicly marketed.
At that time, Mr Collins had left the council having been elected a TD in Could 2007.
The Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Inexperienced Social gathering chief mentioned it could have been higher if he had absented himself at this January 2007 assembly.
Nevertheless, all insisted he didn’t break the legislation as a result of solely a full council assembly can comply with get rid of public land.
However the opposition say the matter couldn’t be extra critical.
Background to Collins property sale scrutinised by Dáil opponents
