Results 3,141-3,160 of 4,092 for speaker:Michael D Higgins
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I never liked that one.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: That is not what the gospel says.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We could take a sos at 6 p.m.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: On a point of order, we should thank Deputy Morgan for being willing to do what we have done already today, which was to use the time effectively in such a way that we will touch off the major issues that can be grouped. I suggest that, should the Minister appear in the next hour, before 7 p.m., we will return to this issue and repeat our proposal. I understood there was a consensus in the...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I appreciate that. I just wanted to make the point.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I wish to make a few small points about this amendment. I deeply regret that we are not taking amendments Nos. 16 and 82 to 87, inclusive, together. Amendment No. 16, which has been proposed by Deputy Morgan, inserts a definition of market value into section 4. Amendments Nos. 82 to 87 relate to section 70. The difficulty with the Bill as drafted is that section 4 regularly refers onwards...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: -----it could be an unsecured instrument or derivative that is without real value. Why are we in this difficulty? Why is there an absence of definitional exactitude in section 4 and a type of metaphysical chapter in section 70? I believe it is to cover the fact that â¬7 billion over the achievable value, regardless of what way one dances around it, is being transferred for assets to the...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: On a point of order, as the Minister is now in the House, we had almost achieved consensus that amendments Nos. 82 to 87, which deal with valuation, would be taken with amendment No. 16. This would provide the Minister with an opportunity to reply on the strategy in respect of valuation. I make this proposal to be of assistance and to ensure that we have the maximum amount of information....
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I can assure the Ceann Comhairle that it is not my intention to delay the House. If it assists the Ceann Comhairle, I will withdraw my proposal. If the Minister is adopting that attitude towards the valuation chapter and believes he cannot waste time on it, he might want to spend a great deal of time on the transparency sections, in other words, the gagging section. Perhaps we can group...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We were not interested in stringing out the debate. We knew what we were doing. There remains one big group of amendments that deal with attempts to gag those appearing before any committee.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We can proceed.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: If the Minister does not agree with my proposal we cannot deal with them.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: That is not the point.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: If that is the Minister's attitude to the proposal, that is fine.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: The House has just listened to a very lengthy contribution, which did my head in.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Yes.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: I spent all day trying to see where it is in the Minister's guarantee.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We could buy a whole bank.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: Townhouses.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Michael D Higgins: We can amend the order.