Results 21-40 of 78 for nama speaker:Barry Cowen

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (21 Feb 2017)

Barry Cowen: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the spending commitments or paying down of debt that the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtor Agreements (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance the total sum which NAMA has allowed developers retain once stretch targets have been received. [27160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtor Agreements (3 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the sum advanced to developers by NAMA in loans; the percentage of this sum currently repaid; the quantum of loans in arrears; and the percentage of loans in arrears. [41516/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (19 Oct 2017)

Barry Cowen: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA will charge a service fee to home building finance Ireland for use of its expertise in residential development funding. [44376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (14 Dec 2017)

Barry Cowen: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt the Government has entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Dec 2017)

Barry Cowen: 737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of NAMA units offered to local authorities; the number accepted; and the number transferred in each of the years 2011 to 2017, by county, in tabular form. [54149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (24 May 2018)

Barry Cowen: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt which has been entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (10 Jul 2018)

Barry Cowen: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance the spending commitments or paying down of debt which has been entered into with regard to the profits arising from the winding down of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30301/18]

Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2011)

Barry Cowen: ...or initiation of co-operation might be instigated by the Minister with her counterpart in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in order that the stock of housing in NAMA may have a social dividend for the State. There are 100,000 people on this scheme, which, as the Minister rightly says, was never intended to be a long-term solution but has ended up being...

Rent Allowance (13 Oct 2011)

Barry Cowen: ...at a lesser cost to the taxpayer? In this instance, such goals cannot be achieved through a large budget for rent allowance, but could be achieved through utilisation of the social dividend that NAMA owes to the taxpayers of this State. Has there been some co-operation on this between the Minister and the Minister of State with responsibility for housing? Has the Minister sought to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...principles is impeding delivery of much needed social housing (details supplied); and his plans to implement a review of the reasons local authorities used for rejecting properties offered by NAMA. [27310/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (6 Feb 2018)

Barry Cowen: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff employed by NAMA; the annual operating costs; the number of staff engaged with the NARPS model per annum in each of the years 2011 to 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5336/18]

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Jul 2015)

Barry Cowen: On foot of the amendment proposed by Deputy Mulherin, I want to add my voice to those of other Members in placing on the record our trepidation with regard to the workings of NAMA since its inception. There is no doubt that the setting up of NAMA was not without its own controversies. There were many fears on the part of the then Opposition Members, who occupy Government benches now, as to...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 May 2016)

Barry Cowen: I ask this question against the background of a couple of issues that must be stated. NAMA has sold Project Arrow in recent months, with supposedly 50% as residential units that could have been acquired for the guts of €100,000 per unit. We have seen Dublin City Council refuse many units from NAMA in Ballymun because of the tenure mix. I cannot imagine why it did not allow an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Mar 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...county of the number of properties identified by the National Assets Managment Agency for social housing provision; the number accepted as suitable by local authorities; the number transferred from NAMA to the local authority or housing association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (12 Jun 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...of the number of properties identified by the National Assets Management Agency for social housing provision; the number accepted as suitable by local authorities; the number transferred from NAMA to the local authority or housing association to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28196/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Barry Cowen: 4. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will describe the discussions and negotiations he has had with the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in respect of increasing its provision of social housing units; if he is satisfied the agency is doing all within its authority and legal mandate to increase the supply of social housing; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (4 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...vehement support for the recommendations. I have made a submission on behalf of our party supporting that stance. I implore Government and the Central Bank for movement in this area. We are told that NAMA is in the process of winding down and that it has the potential for €2 billion. NAMA also has the NARPS model which promotes a similar type of vehicle to what is being proposed...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Barry Cowen: The Government should get NAMA or some other agency to negotiate with the banks on the repossession orders they are issuing with a view to getting an independent assessment of each situation. Some people might be in a position to buy back their homes under the mortgage to rent scheme. Does Deputy Hayes know how many people have taken up that option in Offaly? Two people have availed of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...being suitable for social housing; the number of properties accepted by local authorities for transfer; the number of properties transferred to date; the amount of money spent by his Department on NAMA properties for social housing use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41881/13]