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Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...to get money approved. I do not understand why that is the case. I must get someone to sit down with the Minister of State to discuss that. The Minister of State referred to the expertise in NAMA. I would like him to give me the evidence of the expertise on the board of NAMA around residential development. Where is the background among the members in residential development? I do...

Other Questions: Tax Code (10 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...under assessment by the services of the Directorate General for Competition. Perhaps the Minister for Finance will clarify if I am right in thinking that the builders and developers' challenge to NAMA being allowed to build 20,000 houses is because it might amount to State aid, or has that gone off the radar?

Other Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (23 Feb 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...having more of the social housing stock built by local authorities. The Minister spoke about the three areas of social, private and affordable rental. What about affordable private? Getting NAMA to do deals with Cairn Homes, Hines and those fellows means we are looking at units coming in at more than €300,000. With affordable private, where the State is involved directly,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...and investors, rather than it being under the control of the Government or builders. That is not the right way to move forward. I am mystified as to how it was decided to appoint a former NAMA chief financial officer as CEO of the LDA. What expertise does he have in residential delivery? We are giving up public land and allowing financiers to speculate on it for profit and...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...rental market. Given that the Government intends to be dependent on this going forward, it has to address the problem that much of the rental market is now controlled by a small number of players because NAMA and the banks have sold many of the apartments that are up for rent to investors, many from outside the country. The truth of the matter is that, unless the Government actively...

Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (19 Sep 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...building regulations. The problem, however, is with the lack of enforcement. I know of developments that have not hit the news yet which are in the hands of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, but cannot be sold as they are serious fire hazards. There are cases of estates in which people are living where there is no access for a fire engine. The Government will have to set up a...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Mick Wallace: .... We must deal with the people who are most vulnerable, given that this is supposed to be the Department's priority. Why does the Minister of State not have a chat with the Minister for Finance? NAMA was set up in order that we would not flood the market with too many properties too soon that would be sold too cheaply, but that is exactly what has happened. Big blocks of houses and...

European Council Meeting: Statements (2 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...that we discussed before the break is that Ireland is a strongly developed economy in the western world, and we should be seen to do business properly here. The commission of investigation into NAMA is important in this area. We cannot be perceived as being some sort of banana republic with regard to business. It is important that we insist on things being done well in how we do big...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Lending (24 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...we are doing in terms of the provision of housing. The Government introduced a help-to-buy scheme, which already drove up prices. This will drive them up as well. We are talking about letting NAMA build 20,000 houses that will cost approximately €330,000 each. Why does the Government not empower local authorities to build houses on the State-owned land NAMA is working on...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Wallace: .... The State should not depend on the private sector to provide social and affordable housing. We have tried that approach and it has not worked. The Taoiseach has spoken about repurposing NAMA to solve our housing problems. NAMA is under investigation in Britain, the US and Ireland. Just 6% of the land NAMA has sold has been built on. Just 3,000 out of a potential 50,000 homes...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...described it as radical. It is the opposite of radical. It is not the ESB or Aer Lingus. It promises to be crony capitalism at its finest. This is the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, mark 2, exactly what we do not need. It is soul destroying that the Government would appoint a former NAMA individual as chief executive officer. That is like getting the fox to mind the...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Data (3 Nov 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...to dealing with the problem, but we have not bought anything like enough housing units. I accept it is vacant units that are sought but if one takes the big blocks of houses or apartments that NAMA has been selling, if the State said it wanted 20% of those, it would be found that there have been up to 10% and 20% of empty units in some of the big blocks sold by NAMA. I do not understand...

Topical Issue Matters (16 Oct 2012)

Seán Barrett: ...ash trees; (4) Deputy Thomas Pringle - the need to address fish quotas and the discarding of over-quota fish; (5) Deputy Ciarán Lynch - the need to institute a rent-to-buy scheme in respect of NAMA properties; (6) Deputy Patrick O'Donovan - the need to update the processing system for payments in the Department of Social Protection and to allow for the sharing of information with...

Dublin Mid-West By-election: Issue of Writ (7 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: As we know, the by-elections in the two constituencies have been caused by the election of Clare Daly and Mick Wallace to the European Parliament. I can say without contradiction that our loss in this House is definitely Europe's gain. Clare Daly was recognised by everyone here as a very capable and resourceful Deputy. Her constituency of Donegal Fingal has certainly missed her. I...

Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...State should not tell me that is what is being done. Fine Gael has been in government since 2011. I remember begging it not to sell Project Arrow to Cerberus at a par value of over €6 billion. NAMA was allowed to sell it for €800 million although it had a par value of over €6 billion. It was all residential property in Ireland. I begged Fine Gael and the Labour...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...Auditor General, but his role is restricted and limited. He will seek to establish the monetary value of the transactions; I asked the Taoiseach about a commission of investigation. When Teachta Mick Wallace raised this issue last week, the Taoiseach gave him a different answer from the one he has given me. This week, he is saying it is okay and that the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Other Questions: Vacant Sites (27 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...and guess who has the most sites on it. It is Dublin City Council because it is a public body. The HSE has two and the Office of Public Works, OPW, has two. The National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, has a site on it. The landbanker is not being caught by this Bill. It does not work. It is not a proper land tax. Does the Minister have an interest in this? It is the biggest problem...

Topical Issue Matters (26 Sep 2013)

Seán Kenny: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael McNamara - the Clare hurling managers' strategy on young people's welfare, A Progressive Approach; (2) Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor - the proposed enactment of section 30 of the Teaching Council Act on 1 November...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...along with the rest of us. I do not know how he found time to do so many things as the text messages were so long. It was mad, but they were always very interesting. We had many discussions about NAMA and both agreed that it was a horror scene. His experience in the banking world meant that much of the time he knew where the bodies were buried. It gave him great insight and he...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Shane Cassells: ...the report is revisionist or a last ditch effort. This is not helpful. Perhaps that was par for the course at the launch, but what has happened here tonight is disgraceful. I agree with Deputy Mick Wallace that the Minister was moving the focus. It was a smoke and mirrors job here by the Minister tonight. It is worth remembering that the Fine Gael members of the committee, as part...