Minister of State Niall Collins has insisted he did not break any laws by attending a council meeting discussing the sale of land his wife would later purchase.
When the Council Executive recommended to the Bruff Area Committee that the property should be put up for sale in January 2007, neither I nor my wife had any pecuniary or beneficial interest in that property," he said. "However when I did attend, it was my full understanding - and it remains the same today - that I was not participating in a discussion or a decision that in any way contravened the 2001 Local Government Act."This could only be done by the full county council in accordance with the statutory process," he added.
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