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Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: I am a bit concerned about it because we need competition in the marketplace. NAMA owns many of the assets which are suitable for building and which are located where housing is required. I am very concerned about NAMA stating it is not a developer.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: We need 4,500 houses as quickly as possible, so if we can get the sites to developers and let them build as quickly as possible-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: Will Mr. McDonagh come back to me with regard to the site in Bishopstown because there is huge interest in the market?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: There is a huge shortage of housing in Cork city as well as in Dublin. Sometimes the rest of the world outside of Dublin gets forgotten.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: I am glad to hear it.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: Mr. McDonagh said earlier that 119 staff had left, of which 65 had gone to other employment, none of whom were developers. How many of them have gone to estate agents? What about people involved with NAMA in regard to the sale of property?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: Were those type of businesses connected with NAMA working with those people in regard to managing out portfolios?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: Had they been involved in the bid process with those people before they left NAMA? When they were in NAMA were they members of the team managing out the portfolios these people bought?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: I am just concerned about the fact that people left and went to work with people who they had been working with, and the confidentiality around that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: There are ten people. I thank Mr. McDonagh.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Áine Collins: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Áine Collins: 341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (14 Jan 2015)

Áine Collins: 979. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an insurance company (details supplied) will not provide private motor insurance cover in respect of a person in County Cork. [49518/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Impact of Social Protection Payments on Income Distribution: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Áine Collins: No.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Commission for Energy Regulation (28 Jan 2015)

Áine Collins: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulator's role in ensuring that proper reductions are passed on to the consumer considering the huge reductions in oil in recent times. [3988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (3 Feb 2015)

Áine Collins: 318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their disadvantaged area scheme payment 2012 appeal. [4403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Quality (3 Feb 2015)

Áine Collins: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department's plans on implementing the decision of the Government to ban the sale of smoky coal by 2016 (details supplied). [4937/15]

European Debt: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Feb 2015)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. No Member disputes that the initial construction of the European currency was flawed. It was the first time in world history such a huge experiment was undertaken, the coming together of a monetary union with different countries, individual governments and central banks. Countries were allowed to adjust their currencies and interest rates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (10 Feb 2015)

Áine Collins: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a value added tax exemption for charities who purchase medical equipment for children with cystic fibrosis. [6054/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Regulations (10 Feb 2015)

Áine Collins: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hen harrier farmers are required to undertake specified environmental actions based on a plan prepared by an approved planner to receive a payment under the proposed green, low carbon agri-environment scheme. [6023/15]