Results 821-840 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: While I accept that the nature of the agency’s work can lead to people feeling they have a grievance, those who have contacted me with a complaint about the agency will not give me further information about it because they feel they will be treated unfairly by the agency. Whether it is founded or not, it is out there. I have nothing personally against Mr. McDonagh, Mr. Daly or any...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Some of the cases I have do not necessarily involve debtors. Some are people working out processes with NAMA who are not happy with the speed or way things happen with the agency. When they compare it to processes with ACC or Ulster Bank, they see far more straightforward processes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: I would like to welcome the witnesses. It has been a good exercise in clearing up the whole valuation process concerning how assets were transferred to NAMA in 2009. I wish to ask Mr. McDonagh to clarify something, although he may have answered it already. Of the 62 staff who have left, did any have complaints, grievances or issues with NAMA?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Were there specific reasons for that? Was it that their skills did not match or their attitude was inappropriate?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: There was mutual agreement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: They did not file a legal process against NAMA or anything like that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Of course. As we do not know the source of the information that has come out in the media - and I have not seen the file or dossier - was it possible that any of those five people who had a grievance or had left, would have had the information that has come out in the media?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Okay. That clarifies that. When NAMA is selling assets, how does that process happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Mr. McDonagh said there is an agreement to put the assets up for sale.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Who is involved in that agreement process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Would Mr. McDonagh normally set a portfolio together or would it depend on the commercial situation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: When that process has been completed, what happens to the money that NAMA receives?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: Towards it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013) Áine Collins: What if tax was owed by the debtor?
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (19 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action that can be taken to extend the national broadband service to a person (details supplied) in County Cork to ensure they get the service they need in order to stay in business. [54899/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (19 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action that can be taken to improve the internet connection in an area (details supplied) to ensure the service required in order to stay in business. [54902/13]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: To follow on from the earlier comments, the area of corporate governance and the way charities are operated, the United Kingdom has a different model but there is not enough transparency in what is happening in that regard. We certainly need to look at that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I agree with my colleagues. If we are broadening the inquiry to section 38 agencies, could we also extend our remit to section 39 agencies which do similar work but they were reformed? I understand the HSE is due before the committee next week. Before then I would like to ask it what the position is with the interim CEO on foot of yesterday’s discussion. An interim CEO should be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I thank the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Okay.