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National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I want to record my support for the amendment. The thrust of it is completely in accord with the amendment in my name which will be dealt with next.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(c) all participating institutions shall be obliged to increase lending to SMEs and first time buyers and shall be obliged to report on lending activity in these areas bi-monthly to the Houses of the Oireachtas, (d) all participating institutions shall be obliged to cease mortgage repossession for the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Welcome back.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I confess to being very worried at this point. The Minister has more or less clapped everybody on the back on this side of the House. Deputy Fahey even thinks it a good debate at this stage. With all those references to religious orders, if I regarded myself as a Catholic, I would be examining my conscience at this stage. I am sure it would come out as positive. The Minister in his final...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: These amendments have been tabled to address the concerns of the Opposition - I do not speak for the Opposition as a whole - and the real and genuine concerns of the people. When I speak about home owners, I refer not only to those who hold mortgages, but to their family members. When I speak about small and medium sized enterprises, I refer not only to managers and owners, but also to...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: For a number of reasons, I support the sentiment behind the amendment. The Minister referred to reporting on a quarterly basis. In the ordinary scheme of things, a quarterly report would be sufficient. However, we are not dealing with the ordinary scheme of things. We are dealing with senior bank executives who have continually demonstrated in recent years that they are not worthy of...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I support this amendment. It is reasonable that people who are in any way going to benefit from this NAMA legislation should be tax compliant. It is the simplest most straightforward request in the world. I cannot understand why the Government will not accept it. As for the Greens broadly supporting it, they may be in favour of tough regulation but when it comes to dealing with the...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I am ready for an election any time. Belt away because we are all waiting on it. Bring it on.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Yesterday Deputy Gogarty supported an Opposition amendment and then stood up 15 minutes later-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This is on amendment No. 13. Yesterday, Deputy Gogarty told us he was supporting an Opposition amendment and 15 minutes later he voted against it.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: A Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance says he is going to introduce an amendment and Deputy Paul Gogarty believes him. Did the Deputy not hear the discussion half an hour earlier about an amendment Deputy Joan Burton had proposed on Committee Stage which the Minister said he would accept later on Report Stage but then changed his mind? Then again Deputy Gogarty will probably learn as he goes...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: To be helpful, we need to have sympathy with the Bills Office for letting this one slip through because it came from me. I was not aware of that request or, clearly, I would have agreed to it. In any event, my amendment No. 85 is part of that group.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This means we will have two substantive debates on this matter.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I regard this as one of the crunch amendments.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: This amendment refers to-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: My concern is that if we do not avail of this opportunity now, we will not have an opportunity to vet this issue. Perhaps we need to filibuster until the Minister returns.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: In that case, I will move amendment No. 16. In doing so, if the Minister of State would like to give us some advice in regard to when his senior colleague may return, that would be very much appreciated. I will bow to the Minister of State for the couple of seconds it would take to give that information to us, if he has any idea when the Minister will return.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 20, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: ""Market Value" relates to the current market value of an asset;". The amendment seeks to introduce a definition to suggest that the term "market value" represents just that. I had this amendment linked, sensibly I believe, with amendment No. 85, which is in the group alluded to earlier.

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans regarding the sports capital grant scheme; if he will renew the sports capital grant scheme; or if he will replace it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39785/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (5 Nov 2009)

Arthur Morgan: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way the sports capital grant scheme is funded; if the programme is funded from the profits generated by the national lottery; if so, the location to which the money generated in 2009 has gone in view of the fact that the sports capital grant scheme was suspended for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39786/09]