Results 1-20 of 28 for nama speaker:Frances Fitzgerald

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...those not poor but at risk of falling into poverty is also decreasing. This data highlights the improvements that have been made in regard to those issues. The Deputy also raised the issue of NAMA and section 110. As the Deputy will be aware, that issue has been discussed in the House previously. The Government has taken action in regard to section 110. A a decision was taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Jul 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...needed to bring us into line with best international standards, such as introducing a flexible discharge period for “honest bankrupts”, defined as one that has materially complied with the Tax, NAMA and Companies Acts among others. Completed We will improve the quality of information available on the Irish housing market by requiring that the selling price of all dwellings...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (27 May 2014)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...682 to 684, inclusive, together. I am informed by the Garda authorities that there are currently investigations relating to 16 complaints in total involving the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). I am further informed that a Detective Inspector from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation (GBFI) has been designated as Senior Investigation Officer in relation to all complaints made...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: It begs the question as to what else is happening about which we do not know. What is happening regarding NAMA and the other negotiations, so much of which goes on behind closed doors? This is a further example of the Government's lack of competence in the management of taxpayers' money and we need a general election as soon as possible. Last night on RTE we saw another "Prime Time...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Sep 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...and a half years to arrive at these figures? A lot has happened in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany in those two and a half years. The United States has managed to set up its own NAMA, deal with the issues and turn a profit in the same period. The people are looking for leadership and concerned about the slow pace of decision-making by the Government. That is why so...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...cost to these cutbacks. Today we will see the faces of those people, who are primarily affected by these cutbacks, at the gates of Leinster House. On the day after we heard of the new approach to NAMA, the new information about it and the disparity in the figures of the profit it was meant to make going from €4 billion to €1 billion to maybe a loss, which seems to be the more likely...

Seanad: Confidence in the Taoiseach: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...of Irish men, women and children. He has led us into this crisis. It is clear that far more will come out about our banking crisis. For example, it is clear the reports have not examined the NAMA decision. They have not examined the capitalisation of the banks. There is a cut-off date which does not include the guarantee scheme. At this point, we do not know the full story of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ..., over which the Government had presided. I recognise that we will have an opportunity to debate the reports later today. However, we must remember that they do not encompass any examination of NAMA or the recapitalisation of the banks and that the Taoiseach was not interviewed. At the weekend we heard from Dr. Michael Somers of the NTMA. He referred to the next stage of the banking...

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Apr 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...discussion of pensions in recent days. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate on the matter. I propose to raise two issues related to the National Asset Management Agency. We were informed when the NAMA legislation was being enacted that the new agency would deliver a social dividend. I ask for information on developments in the National Asset Management Agency and whether this matter is...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...what the Government had expected, specifically as regards the bank dividend. Land values are plummeting and there have been extraordinary falls in valuations. All of this has implications for NAMA and the write-down, as well as for the taxpayer. I ask the Leader to arrange a debate as soon as possible on the Government's approach to banking and the actions it intends to take to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...involve helping those people who are struggling to pay mortgages, getting credit flowing to the businesses in need of it and dealing with ever-growing unemployment. When the Government presented NAMA to the people, it was meant to get credit flowing in the economy and the country. It was meant to get credit flowing to the hard-pressed householders and businesses struggling to keep people...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move an amendment to the effect that the Minister for Finance should come to the House to discuss recent revelations relating to NAMA.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2010)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government is so committed to helping those in difficulty with their mortgages, why did it refuse the Fine Gael amendment to the NAMA legislation to provide for a home owners' support scheme to protect them? Government Members voted against it in this House and in the Dáil. It is somewhat similar to their position on the banking inquiry. Over the weekend...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: In respect of the motions on the amendments which have returned from the Dáil, I regret that the Government has not accepted more Fine Gael amendments during the debate on NAMA, as they would have strengthened the protection for the taxpayer. Without rehashing the entire debate on the Bill, I note that never before has so much money been handed over to so few people on behalf of so many,...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: The House passed the NAMA Bill yesterday with the support of some Independent Members. My party remains deeply concerned about the implications of the legislation for every man, woman and child in the country because of the major impact the potential debt arising from it could have on people's experiences and the risk to the taxpayer. Therefore, we remain deeply concerned about aspects of...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: What the Minister is trying to do through NAMA is restore confidence in the banking system and, through that, in the economy. With that in mind, I want to ask about his response to material linked to this amendment concerning confidence in the Minister's projections that has been put in the public arena by Mr. Peter Mathews - I know the Minister has looked at this material. I would like to...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...years and that is why we are experiencing our current difficulties. What can be done to ensure the guidelines will be effective? We were not allowed to include in the objectives and purposes of NAMA the key point that the agency's primary function should be the freeing up of credit flows. Fine Gael's amendment in that regard was rejected. It is suggested that guidelines which will have...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...or fiscal policy in particular areas, while Senator Harris wondered whether it was higher areas of fiscal policy that needed to address this issue. We need answers to these questions. Within the NAMA structure will we be able to deal with the issues of those in negative equity who are experiencing major difficulties with their repayments? I am not suggesting we direct banks in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: Yesterday we had somewhat of a rarity in this House when we had a flock of Ministers or, as Senator Norris described it, a whirligig of Ministers, coming in and out to debate the NAMA legislation. Despite the presence of all these Ministers, however, they failed to convince the majority of Members on this side of the House on the merits of setting up the National Asset Management Agency. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Frances Fitzgerald: We will probably return to this question during the debate on NAMA today, but it is a critical one for the thousands of families in negative equity and for families facing arrears and worried about how the banks will deal with them.