Results 1-20 of 48 for nama speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Development (25 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...to the town of Naas - has been a particular focus of the Council's efforts over the last number of years. In this regard, I am informed by the Council that it continues to actively engage with NAMA - which has a controlling interest in the site - on the issue of the site being offered for sale as soon as possible, with a view to facilitating the completion of the development. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (25 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: To end Quarter 1 2017, the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) had identified 6,947 units, associated with the security for loans that NAMA has acquired, that could be made available for social housing. Many of these units were in unfinished housing developments or developments that required significant remediation work. All of the units identified by NAMA, regardless of their condition,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...Force which was established to address supply-related issues to the delivery of homes in the Dublin region. The Task Force comprises representatives from my Department, the Chief Executives of the four Dublin local authorities, NAMA, and other agencies. Its remit includes monitoring relevant housing data on the supply of viable and market-ready approved developments in the region. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: ..., through the governance arrangements under Rebuilding Ireland and, more specifically, through the Dublin Housing Supply Coordination Taskforce.  This Task Force, which comprises representatives from my Department, the Chief Executives of the four Dublin local authorities, NAMA and other key agencies, was established to address supply-related issues regarding the delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...to the town of Naas, has been a particular focus of the Council’s efforts over the last number of years. In this regard, I am informed by the Council that it continues to actively engage with NAMA – which has a controlling interest in the site - on the issue of the site being offered for sale as soon as possible and that it will continue to support and work in partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...representatives from my Department, the Chief Executives of the four Dublin local authorities (Dublin City, Fingal County, South Dublin County and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councils), NAMA and other agencies. Its remit includes monitoring relevant housing data on the supply of viable and market-ready approved developments. In that regard, in its report for Quarter 3 2016, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...of the range of measures in the Action Planis provided by the Cabinet Committee on Housing which is chaired by An Taoiseach and involves many key Ministers, including the Minister for Finance. NAMA is making a very substantial contribution, on a commercial basis, to the increased supply of new homes through its residential delivery programme. Against the background of major supply...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Simon Coveney: NAMA was established as an independent commercial body to operate under the direction of its Board of Directors, in accordance with the NAMA Act. Under Section 10 of the NAMA Act, NAMA is mandated to act in a commercial manner to obtain the best financial return for the State. As such, NAMA's dealings with its debtors, as well as the management, funding and sale of assets are all commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Housing Agency recently published data up to the end of December 2016, in relation to cumulative delivery of social housing by NAMA. This information and associated breakdowns is available on the website of the Housing Agency at the following link: To date, NAMA has identified a total 6,944 units that could be potentially made available for social housing. The local authorities and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...Development Maxwell Photography €485 2012 Putting People First launch Maxwell Photography €363 2012 Launch of CEDRA Maxwell Photography €170 2012 Minister Jan O’Sullivan visiting NAMA properties leased to L/A, Scotch Hall, Drogheda Paul Connor Photography €172 2012 Long Service Awards for Fire Personnel, including cost of providing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (3 Nov 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...) across the State. This figure includes all vacant homes in the State but no breakdown of this figure is available in respect of vacant dwellings under the control of the banks, investment companies and NAMA. The Housing Agency paper is available at :. The 2016 Census conducted last April will provide more up-to-date information on the number of vacant units in Ireland, but initial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (28 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: To end Quarter 2 2016, the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) had identified 6,765 units, associated with the security for loans that NAMA has acquired, that could be made available for social housing. Many of these units were in unfinished housing developments or developments that required significant remediation work. All of the units identified by NAMA, regardless of their condition,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...involved in ongoing discussions with the owner of the town centre site, and his agents, with a view to advancing development of the site as early as possible. With relevant processes underway involving NAMA and arbitration, it would be inappropriate for me as Minister to become involved or make any further comment on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: .... Sometimes leasing allows one to do something off-balance sheet that one might be unable to do on-balance sheet. We have discussed the asset residential property service, NARPS, model used by NAMA. I opened a good social housing scheme linked to that model in recent weeks. We need to consider the reality of what we are facing and then implement practical solutions to build, acquire...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) plays an important role in the delivery of social housing. To the end of June 2016, a total of 2,135 residential properties, which are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired, had been secured for use by local authorities or approved housing bodies. These comprise 1,588 completed properties and a further 547 that had been contracted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...voluntary groups and approved housing bodies, much of our new social housing will in some cases be built, leased or acquired by approved housing bodies. I opened an interesting model last week, which is the NAMA NARPS model facilitated through Respond!, that involved the allocation of new units in Cork. There are different financing and management models that will include a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: -----less than half of what was offered was taken up. NAMA was certainly very critical of that when it appeared before the housing committee. In respect of Senator Coffey's point, I am very conscious that many of the foundations on which we are trying build were put in place by Senator Coffey when he was Minister of State and by the former Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...transfer to local authorities and approved housing bodies, AHBs, as an initial exercise for a new procurement centre in the agency. A total of 20,000 new homes, 2,000 of them Part V houses, will be brought on stream by NAMA. There will be 1,500 rapid delivery homes built by this time next year - a trebling of the previous target - to banish the spectre of families living in totally...

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...delivery on these fronts with the necessary financial, fiscal and structural reforms. It will also include real and innovative examples of projects and programmes to deliver across the various objective areas. Local authorities and NAMA are bringing forward concrete proposals to boost supply in the short term on land they control or influence for all types of housing, including social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Jul 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...involved in ongoing discussions with the owner of the town centre site, and his agents, with a view to advancing development of the site as early as possible. With relevant processes underway involving NAMA and arbitration, it would be inappropriate for me as Minister to become involved or make any further comment on the matter.