Results 301-320 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins
- 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: I welcome the witnesses. Mr. McDonagh said NAMA is two years ahead of schedule. What percentage of the original portfolio remains to be sold?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: So NAMA is two years ahead of schedule and 50% remains. In 2012, NAMA had 224 staff and it currently has 370. Can Mr. McDonagh explain why there has been such an increase in staff, given that 50% of the portfolio has been sold?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: What percentage of the 600 small debtors are with receivers?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: Mr. McDonagh said 59 of the 370 members of his staff left this year, so the staff turnover this year was 16%. How would he say the culture of NAMA is to work in?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: With a staff turnover of 16%, does Mr. McDonagh not think there may be an issue with staff being unhappy or that there are issues?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: Statistics show that higher wages account for only 40% of staff leaving. It does not seem to measure up with the norms. I accept that NAMA was never going to be established forever and has a ten-year cycle.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: I appreciate that. How would Mr. McDonagh define a "developer"?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: When Mr. McDonagh talks about the SDZ and the Dublin Docklands area, and says he is not a developer, is NAMA not involved in the planning, development and sale of the asset?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: Who is building the asset?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: Could Mr. McDonagh explain the process? NAMA owns 70% of the land available for development and is in a joint venture. While I appreciate that NAMA is not physically building it, it can take on contractors and pay for them out of the process. Is NAMA going into partnership with developers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: I apologise for my non-attendance yesterday. I was not aware the meeting had gone ahead. Before the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, comes in today, I ask that the committee consider bringing in some developers who have exited NAMA to discuss their experience and see the value or loss to the economy it has caused. I am not naming anybody in particular; several developers have exited...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: The timing is right. People have exited and it would be interesting to hear what they have to say.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: Many of them have gone through the system and come out the other end, and they are not all legal actions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: That would be great, thank you.
- Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Special Protection Areas Designation (17 Dec 2014)
Áine Collins: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. While I accept what she said, with all due respect, the GLAS scheme does not provide the necessary compensation for these families. A farm with a hen harrier on it can be farmed to only 0.6 of its capacity, which is not viable. I know a young man in Ballydesmond who has a 100 acre farm and who has invested heavily. He is left with a huge debt...