Following the judgment on NAMA issued last week, Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach not to pursue a Supreme Court appeal, as it would be a waste of taxpayers’ money. Just afterwards we wondered how much the case had cost and since NAMA/NTMA are not subject to FOI, we did what anyone would do in this situation, we put in a request for a Parliamentary Question instead, via Twitter:
@pearsedoherty thanks Pearse, can you put in a PQ to Noonan and ask how much NAMA have spent thus far on the case?
— Gavin Sheridan (@gavinsblog) February 27, 2013
Doherty agreed to ask the question, and last night we got the response, again via Twitter.
State costs taxpayer €121,350 in legal costs denying @gavinsblog info from Nama that the high court last week said he was entitled to +++
— Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) March 5, 2013
+++ twitter.com/PearseDoherty/…
— Pearse Doherty (@PearseDoherty) March 5, 2013
We’re not sure if this is a first, but it’s a nice open way to get information.
Nice work