Results 21-40 of 280 for mick wallace nama

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...by a private company. That is inaccurate because the individual is head of planning for a public listed company, Glenveagh Properties plc, not a private company. The company is headed by another NAMA individual the Ceann Comhairle does not want me to name. The individual who has been nominated to An Bord Pleanála is a former employee of NAMA. He was head of planning with the...

Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...a Part 4 tenancy. A new problem that has emerged in the past two years and that has contributed to rent increases is the fact that large-scale apartment blocks are being sold in bulk by developers or NAMA to institutional landlords such as REITs. It was presented to us a great idea because it was going to bring in professional landlords but it is a pity people cannot afford to pay them.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...position nowadays because if we want to make improvements very often they do cost money. Where is the joined-up thinking? I wish the Government was as concerned about the absolute scandal in NAMA, probably the biggest financial scandal in the history of this State. Over €20 billion has gone missing because of how NAMA has handled its affairs and nobody wants to hold it to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: NAMA Loans Sale (22 Nov 2018) See 3 other results from this debate

Mick Wallace: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the details surrounding a loan sale (details supplied) which was sold off market and for less than 10% of its original value; if he is satisfied that NAMA is not in breach of section 2(iv) of the NAMA Act 2009, which requires it to protect the interests of the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (22 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...drawn to the latest progress report by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the National Asset Management Agency; his views on the findings regarding section 172 declarations, particularly that NAMA case managers do not carry out verification processes regarding these; his further views on whether this may have had knock-on effects on loan and property sales; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: Before the Taoiseach became leader of the country, he spoke a lot about addressing white collar crime but we have not seen much progress on that yet. We recently unearthed another example of NAMA breaking its own rules when, almost like magic, it sold loans belonging to Avestus, with €352 million owed on them, back to their original owners through a shell company in Luxembourg that was...

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...management of land that is in the ownership of the State which happens to be located in the area. It smacks of the Land Development Agency. Sadly the horse has bolted on this as a State authority, NAMA, owned the majority of development land in the area. NAMA held an interest in 75% of the 22 ha. located in the docklands, which amounted to 15 sites, the majority of which has been...

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, for making mistakes and it can also get rid of other Ministers but what changes? How are things being done differently? The National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, has cost more than €20 billion but the Government does not want to know and is prepared to turn a blind eye to it. The malpractice is frightening and the Government does not want to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...the Land Development Agency is. The Minister for Finance said today that the Land Development Agency has been established to better co-ordinate State lands for regeneration and development. The agency will be NAMA Mark II. It will co-ordinate State lands all right, but for developers to provide unaffordable housing. There is no sense to that. As the Minister of State, Deputy John...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...know what the Minister knows about the industry but he is not showing a great knowledge of it at present. The Government talks about using the expertise of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, in this regard. These are the NAMA boys who sold units in Cherrywood for €27,000, which are now being sold for €120,000. Also, NAMA allowed investors' directors with loans of...

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Mick Wallace: They have made a fortune at the expense of the Irish people. They bought loans from NAMA for peanuts, paid a bribe to get Project Eagle in the North and we are fine with that. God help us. What will the history books tell us? I hope they detail statements the Government made in this House in its efforts to defend what has taken place. I remember begging Fine Gael and the Labour Party...

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...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...Mr. Neil Murray, director of the Abbey Theatre providing clarification to evidence provided to the committee. We note and publish that. The next item of correspondence is No. 1593B from Deputy Mick Wallace dated 21 September requesting that the committee make inquiries with NAMA on Project Nantes. The secretariat has requested that NAMA follow up on this after last week's meeting and...

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...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Sep 2018)

Pat Gallagher: ...housing assistance payment and the new place finder unit assistance; (11) Deputy Gino Kenny - the guidelines and criteria regarding the Government's proposed medical cannabis access programme; (12) Deputy Mick Wallace - the refusal by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and the Department of Finance to answer questions on Project Nantes; and (13) Deputy Clare Daly - the...

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (19 Sep 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...bunnies. However, that is the not the case with developers. The Government talks about engaging developers, but it is not going to small builders who can work for a fair price. Instead, it is going to the big boys, just as NAMA did. The principle on which NAMA has been working for the past four years is not much different from this proposal or that for the Land Development Agency....

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

Mick Wallace: ...and it should be using State land for this. Why is all that State land not being put into use? Obviously, I could not let this opportunity pass without mentioning the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA. I promise I will not say anything bold. The Minister of State indicated:While HBFI will be a wholly independent entity from NAMA, it will utilise NAMA's experience in developing its...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...is happening in many sectors, including the film industry. With reference to the report, Urban Development Land, Housing and Infrastructure: Fixing Ireland's Broken System and so on, Deputy Mick Wallace brought up these issues last night, while I brought them up two weeks ago in a motion against which the Government voted. The House passed Deputy Mick Wallace's Bill, about which I...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...crisis be then? Let us tackle it now. We must. It is the elephant in the room, but the Government does not want to see it and is pretending it is not there. Jesus, it is so attractive to buy these large tracts of land. NAMA sold 3,800 sites in Cherrywood to Hines, a vulture fund, for €27,000 each. Hines then sat on them because it did not have to pay annual tax for doing so....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Agencies Funding (20 Jun 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...discussions with the Minister for Finance regarding Home Building Finance Ireland; the input his Department will have in the State agency; his views on the fact that the agency will be staffed by NAMA employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/18]