Results 21-40 of 48 for nama speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Hazardous Waste Removal (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...Zone, it is subsequently a matter for the relevant development agency (in this instance, Dublin City Council), in consultation with landowners, including the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and the wider community, to prepare a planning scheme within which all the matters raised in the Question must be addressed, including carrying out relevant environmental assessments....

Departmental Properties (14 Dec 2011)

Simon Coveney: ...to establish a payment schedule that may ease that burden, and I encourage people to use that. I am more than aware of what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said on budget day about NAMA's new approach towards businesses that are under pressure due to exorbitantly high rents and that are subject to legal contracts that contain upward-only rent review clauses. He said that NAMA...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...there is planning for 27,000 houses in Dublin, which means the planning system has delivered in a way that can allow house building to start. In terms of the NARPS model, which is a good model, NAMA has essentially created a model which is off-balance sheet that allows it to purchase or make properties available for long-term lease to approved housing bodies. That is a successful model...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...probably the best example, particularly in the case of my own city. I suspect Gormanston is another example. I am not familiar with it but we will look at it. On the build-to-lease side, the NAMA NARPS model is-----

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.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...the number delivered for many years. We can, though, go beyond that. We have not finalised those figures but the Deputy asked for a sense of where is the social housing strategy and that is a fair reflection. NAMA has the capacity to build a lot of houses, which it will, but we need to be careful we do not turn it into something that would create many more problems than currently exist....

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.

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: 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 Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (31 May 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the longterm leasing of houses and apartments from private owners, developers, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and the NAMA Special Purpose Vehicle, NARPS (National Asset Residential Property Services Ltd). Lease arrangements vary between ten and thirty years in duration and my Department recoups to local authorities...

Macro-Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Simon Coveney: ...happened? Six months later there has been no delivery. The Government still cannot give the Opposition a figure on how much it estimates it will save by public sector reform next year. I refer to NAMA. The principles behind it made some sense, although there were problems. It required the banks to crystalise their losses and their bad lending. It was to provide capital to banks in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: .... Our challenge, therefore, and what we have been doing, is to consider creating vehicles that can provide significant funding for social housing. We already have some of those models. Consider what NAMA has been doing in respect of what is called a National Asset Residential Property Services, NARPS, funding model, whereby it essentially builds or purchases and then effectively leases...

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...

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...

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...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: That is not necessarily true because, through the NARPS model, NAMA is already making houses available for approved housing bodies. The latter has nothing to do with its 10%. Let us not assume the worst all the time. I expect and hope that more than 10% of the NAMA-built properties will be available for social housing through various different mechanisms. Let us work out, development by...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (25 May 2011)

Simon Coveney: As Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, I have no function with regard to the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) or the usage of its assets. These come under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Finance. The Acquisition of Land(Allotments) Act 1926, which is under the remit of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, enables local authorities to let...

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: 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...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: ...perspective. New rent measures were put in place and apartment guidelines were reissued. There is some confusion about that and it would be helpful to clarify why we have made decisions in that area later on. NAMA has outlined its programme to fund the development of 20,000 new homes and a €500 million active capital NTMA development finance package was also put in place. I am...