Results 781-800 of 6,180 for speaker:Terence Flanagan
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: It is insufficient.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: This area is not regulated.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: We will not get to them.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: The purpose of the Act.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: They are basic.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: I support the amendment and ask the Minister to accept that the changes within it are necessary to reflect the purpose of the Bill, for example, that confidence be restored by proper lending taking place in financial institutions. We have had that debate over various days. It is the central purpose of this legislation and it is critical that it is reflected in the Bill. We want to see...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: I am referring to paragraph (x) of amendment No. 9, not amendment No. 10.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: The reason we are here is to protect taxpayers and that should be reflected in the functions of the Bill. Subsection (xi) will ensure that the situation does not occur again, and we all want to ensure that this does not happen. It is a disappointment that the Bill is being guillotined. Perhaps the Minister might extend the debate. If time is limited, there certainly should be an...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: I fully support these amendments, particularly amendments Nos. 29, 32 and 78, the Fine Gael amendments that aim to get credit flowing again to businesses and to get the economy moving again. There is, however, an information deficit on this side of the House, particularly on the Minister's thinking on lending for businesses and the guidelines for the banks. We need to know what the...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: And of full draw down.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: They were not answered.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: Absolutely.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: It is historical information by that stage.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: Aon focal.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: I thank Deputy Morgan for tabling this very important amendment, which goes to the heart of the Bill. It is disappointing the Minister is not here. I hope he will join us in the House fairly soon.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: He is well represented, absolutely. With regard to the issue of long-term economic value, there is clearly no justification for paying â¬7 billion over the odds considering the current economic crisis. Making provision in this regard is the major flaw at the heart of this Bill, to which Fine Gael is completely opposed. Deputies referred to the fact that â¬4 billion is to be found in the...
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: No one is saying that.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: We will sit until midnight.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: He did.
- National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)
Terence Flanagan: Three weeks ago.