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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I will refer to the Minister's amendment first and then to Deputy O'Donnell's. Section 210, which is to be amended, was inserted as a recognition of the suffering to the small business sector because of the collapse of the banks. I am unsure if the fact that the Minister may issue guidelines has any relevance on the NAMA legislation, which aims to provide credit in any event. In so far as...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: They will and, therefore, I wish to be specific. In terms of value, mortgages are small fry, as are the smaller loans not to be taken on by NAMA.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: This is why I wish to clarify the matter because the Deputy has already begun to take me up wrongly.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: It is not small fry for an individual earning the average industrial wage; it is an important issue. However, I do not believe the matter can be dealt with through this legislation. The programme for Government has committed to put in place firm and concrete measure to help mortgage holders who fall into negative equity. I note Deputy Durkan is in the Chamber and I pay testament to his work...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: The Deputy makes a valid point and there are always exceptions to prove rules.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: We will not know until the end of 2010.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I am simply expressing a confidence that it will happen but I also offer a realistic appraisal that sometimes it may not happen. The intent exists at the top of the banking system. As others have mentioned, people have concerns. Where are the gardaí going in and grabbing people by the scruff of the neck? Why are certain people not being put in handcuffs, as the Minister for the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I return to section 210. I welcome the fact that the guidelines will be issued by the Minister but I would like to see more than guidelines. I would like to see the spirit of Deputy O'Donnell's amendment taken on board so that we have proper legislation to protect private mortgage holders and legislation to provide much-needed funding for SMEs. This legislative protection should not be...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: They have to believe it.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Does Deputy Burton not agree that the person has to believe they have been communicated with?

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: From the Seanad (12 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Section 221(5) clarifies that.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: The Deputies may laugh. They are a bunch of philistines.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: It was the Fine Gael Party that brought the incinerators in, not the Government.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: The Green Party is going to a meeting, just like the Deputy's party leader did in Waterford.

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding adoptions from South Africa; the transitional arrangements that are in place to ensure that persons may continue to adopt from South Africa pending the ratification of the Hague Convention here; if her attention has been drawn to the situation that exists in South Africa whereby the Hague Convention has not been...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to restrict Irish adoptions abroad to one country per continent after the Hague Convention is ratified; if persons will be able to adopt from any country that meets the specified criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41365/09]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the system of calculation of carbon emissions from flexifuel vehicles in view of the fact that although bioethanol cars burn less efficiently, the carbon produced is by and large the carbon absorbed by the plant as it grew, that is, a nil net effect, and this contrasts with petrol and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to correspondence sent by this Deputy in September 2009 regarding planning irregularities in Cahirciveen and non-enforcement by the local authority in question, if he has written to Kerry County Council expressing concerns regarding same; if not, if he plans to do so; if he plans to use the powers...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an exemption from the Government charge for non-principal residences for a person who is in the process of selling their home and has had to move out of this home due to a change in personal circumstances and live in rented accommodation until the house is sold. [41388/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the taking in charge of estates by local authorities; if the local authority will take the road in charge automatically; if other actions need to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41796/09]