Results 61-80 of 177 for nama speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...more detailed announcements with regard to each of these measures, and the individual projects to be advanced, in due course. My Department and the Housing Agency will continue to work with NAMA in identifying suitable housing units and bringing them into social housing use. My Department and NAMA have set a delivery target of 500 units, through all funding mechanisms, for 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...authority area of the location of all the above units. However a breakdown of delivery under Leasing to the end of October will be included with the official record along with a breakdown by county of the NAMA units identified, deemed suitable and completed or contracted to the end of September 2013. The 2014 estimate for housing programme expenditure is €575.833 million which...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ..., who did tremendous work in the period he held office. I hope I can continue the various initiatives he started. One of them which was mentioned by Senator Diarmuid Wilson was to deal with NAMA. In addition, Senator Jillian van Turnhout asked about the properties we were in the process of acquiring from NAMA. Not all of the properties are suitable. The local authorities concerned are...

Social and Affordable Housing (2 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is essentially about providing homes for families who need them. NAMA has been given a job by the State to get the best possible value for taxpayers' money with regard to the properties that have come under its remit. It has a social element and this is in the legislation. It is in accordance with this element that houses are being sought for those in need of them around the country....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To the end of September this year 4,319 units have been identified by NAMA as being potentially suitable for social housing. Of these some 1,900 have been confirmed as being suitable and 443 of these units have been completed or contracted. A full breakdown by county of the units identified, deemed suitable and completed or contracted, is shown in the table. Further information, including...

Other Questions: NAMA Portfolio Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...suitable. I do not know the exact reasons the particular ones were not suitable in Cavan and in Leitrim but we will get as much information as we can for the Deputy. On the other question, NAMA does some work on the properties if they need it but one of the reasons some of them might not be suitable is that the amount of work to be done might be too great. Some of the estates have very...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 67 together. To the end of Quarter 1 2013, the transition of 263 properties from the NAMA portfolio has been completed, with contracts signed in respect of a further 76 properties. All but 24 of the 263 completed units are being made available for people deemed by the local authorities to be in need of housing. These 24 units were part of a project...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...a balance to be struck between incentivising private landlords and being prudent with public money. We must get that balance right. Deputy Phelan referred to vacant houses. We are working with NAMA to acquire properties that can be used for social housing through that agency. We are making some progress on that now. There were some delays but NAMA has now set up what is called a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...programmes, for the Government's objective of sourcing and providing suitable residential units for use as social housing to be aligned with the commercial objectives of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). In this regard, NAMA is working closely with my Department, the Housing Agency and with local authorities and AHBs in relation to the delivery of social housing and all parties...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate the time the Ceann Comhairle gave for issues on NAMA raised by colleagues. I assure the Tánaiste that I, on behalf of the taxpayers in my constituency, will want to fit into whatever room is set aside-----

Unfinished Housing Developments (28 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Apart from our meetings with NAMA officials on the issue of unfinished estates, we are also meeting them about the 2,000 properties. They have also identified a further 1,000 properties, so we will pursue that issue to ensure that we get the promised amount of properties.

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate that Deputy Stanley has put forward suggestions. We are examining all of them. The difficulty with NAMA is that as part of its legislative remit it must return an economic dividend to the State. At the same time they have a remit on a social dividend.

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----and we want to get as many of them as we possibly can. There is an economic dividend involved. NAMA is holding them in the sense that it does not have them to give away for free and we must be conscious of that.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...housing programmes, for the Government’s objective of sourcing and providing suitable residential units for use as social housing to be aligned with the commercial objectives of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). My Department and the Housing Agency are working closely with NAMA with the aim of ensuring that a significant number of housing units are made available in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: NAMA will not give us properties. If it has money and that can be used in some way or other to benefit people I am in favour of it but in terms of it giving us money to buy properties, if that is what the Deputy is suggesting, unfortunately, that cannot be done under its legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...housing programmes for 2014 to be in the region of 6,000 new housing units as set out in the following table. Delivery method Number Rental Accommodation Scheme 2,500 Leasing, including: 400 NAMA sourced properties and 350 Mortgage to Rent Scheme 1,200 Social Housing Investment Programme 200 Capital Assistance Scheme 2 75 Regeneration 230 Voids 1,800

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (28 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...the leasing initiative. It is expected that this initiative will continue to provide substantial numbers of social housing units in the years ahead. In addition, my Department , the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies towards bringing suitable NAMA units into social use and to ensure continued delivery of housing units...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. Some 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities as to their suitability for social housing purposes. Of these, 190 are located in County Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. Some 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities as to their suitability for social housing purposes. Of these, 190 are located in County Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. Some 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities as to their suitability for social housing purposes. Of these, 190 are located in County Kildare.