Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions have taken place between her Department and relevant authorities in the Republic of Ireland on co-operation with the National Crime Agency's investigation into allegations made in the Irish Parliament on the sale of properties in Northern Ireland owned by the National Asset Management Agency.

Home Office Ministers undertake visits and have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings or visits.

Following a request from PSNI, the National Crime Agency has confirmed that it has agreed to lead the investigation, with support from PSNI as required, into the sale of Northern Ireland assets owned by the Republic of Ireland's National Assets Management Agency.