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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: We will probably return to this question during the debate on NAMA today, but it is a critical one for the thousands of families in negative equity and for families facing arrears and worried about how the banks will deal with them.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: We have made countless suggestions but none of them has been taken up.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is right.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: How will the guidelines be evaluated or monitored? Will the Minister of State provide additional details in that regard and indicate when the guidelines will be published? Banks and lending institutions ignored regulation and authority for many years and that is why we are experiencing our current difficulties. What can be done to ensure the guidelines will be effective? We were not...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: Let us not pretend it can.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am raising the question.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes but we are trying to amend that section to include our points.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is not obvious.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: I support Senator Bacik's desire to see the framing of the Bill made stronger, but it seems from this discussion that we need to see the guidelines to assess whether they will address some of the issues raised in the debate. For example, Senator Boyle spoke about strategies to direct investment or fiscal policy in particular areas, while Senator Harris wondered whether it was higher areas of...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is rubbish.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: One cannot contact the HSE but there are mechanisms through which one can contact An Bord Pleanála.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is the reason the provision is needed.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: Senator Leyden got in here in a righteous manner.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: We can, it is stated in the section.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: Given the confused state Senator Leyden is in about the meaning of section 3, the Minister will have to clarify the Green Party insertion here.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is correct.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: What the Minister is trying to do through NAMA is restore confidence in the banking system and, through that, in the economy. With that in mind, I want to ask about his response to material linked to this amendment concerning confidence in the Minister's projections that has been put in the public arena by Mr. Peter Mathews - I know the Minister has looked at this material. I would like to...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: I second the amendment.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: At great length.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: The House passed the NAMA Bill yesterday with the support of some Independent Members. My party remains deeply concerned about the implications of the legislation for every man, woman and child in the country because of the major impact the potential debt arising from it could have on people's experiences and the risk to the taxpayer. Therefore, we remain deeply concerned about aspects of...