Results 1-20 of 30 for nama speaker:Séamus Healy

Financial Resolution No. 7: Stamp Duties (6 Dec 2011)

Séamus Healy: The question of NAMA has been raised and I wish to address it briefly. The programme for Government promised that the secret society which was NAMA would be made transparent and that freedom of information legislation would be extended to ensure we would be able to obtain details on the transactions and operations of NAMA. We were promised this on numerous occasions in the Chamber....

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (10 May 2011)

Séamus Healy: ...he will intervene with the National Asset Management Agency to ensure that the 128 jobs under threat at two retail units in counties Tipperary and Kilkenny (details supplied), currently under the NAMA umbrella, are saved in view of the fact that these jobs in two viable businesses are under threat due to NAMA's attitude to job protection and retention; and if he will make a statement on...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)

Séamus Healy: ...consider withdrawing the proposed fees in the legislation. I am concerned about exemptions, particularly of the Garda Síochána, other than administrative elements, and the widespread exemptions for NAMA and commercial semi-state bodies such as Irish Water. NAMA has been mentioned by a number of speakers across the political divide. Unfortunately, almost all documents of...

Order of Business (5 May 2011)

Séamus Healy: This matter is appropriate to the Order of Business. With regard to the dismissive attitude of NAMA to workers' rights, 128 jobs are at risk in viable businesses in counties Tipperary and Kilkenny.

Order of Business (5 May 2011)

Séamus Healy: A commitment in the programme for Government states, "We will insist on the highest standards of transparency in the operation of NAMA". What proposals has the Government to implement that commitment? When will they be brought before the House?

Order of Business (10 May 2011)

Séamus Healy: When is it proposed to bring legislation before the House to implement a commitment in the programme for Government to ensure the highest standards of transparency in the operation of NAMA?

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Séamus Healy: When does the Government expect to bring before the House amendments to the Freedom of Information Act to ensure that the secret operations of NAMA will be made more transparent?

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Séamus Healy: The legislation to introduce transparency in NAMA.

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Séamus Healy: It is No. 116 in section C. The Tánaiste told me a number of times previously that the Freedom of Information Act would be extended to cover NAMA. Is it not now a priority?

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Séamus Healy: It is included in the programme for Government and the Tánaiste spoke about it previously. Is it now not the position of the Government to introduce transparency in NAMA?

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Séamus Healy: The programme for Government promised legislation to ensure transparency and accountability from the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA. Every day, issues arise around this. The Taoiseach himself raised the possibility of developers or those connected to them gaining access to property.

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Séamus Healy: ...promised in this regard through a freedom of information amendment Bill. Have the heads of the Bill been drawn up and when is the Bill expected before the House, as there are serious issues around NAMA?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: Will it include NAMA?

Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

Séamus Healy: The programme for Government promised to prioritise legislation to deal with the issue of transparency in that highly secretive organisation, the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, which is now apparently paying huge amounts of money to the developers who got this country into huge trouble. Is there no priority for that legislation? When will it be introduced?

Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Séamus Healy: The programme for Government promised legislation to make NAMA transparent and accountable and to make it subject to the Freedom of Information Acts. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has promised this a number of times and may be able to help the Tánaiste in this regard. When will this legislation be brought before the House?

Order of Business (22 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: On recent developments whereby NAMA has allegedly put thousands of jobs at risk, necessitating the direct involvement of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Taoiseach told me previously that legislation in this regard is promised for later in the year. In view of these developments, will he prioritise this legislation and introduce it this session?

Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)

Séamus Healy: The programme for Government promised to bring accountability and transparency to NAMA, which is effectively a secret organisation. The Taoiseach and the Tánaiste confirmed that legislation will be brought forward. Does the Taoiseach have any idea when that will happen? Have the heads of the Bill been agreed? What is the position in regard to the freedom of information Bill?

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 May 2011)

Séamus Healy: ..., namely, the need for the Government to intervene with the National Asset Management Agency to save 128 jobs under threat in two viable retail businesses in Counties Tipperary and Kilkenny due to NAMA's dismissive attitude to workers, job protection and job retention. I call on the Government to make a statement on the matter.

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Séamus Healy: ...free. Many of the very people responsible for the recession, the bankers, bondholders, accountants, lawyers and solicitors who were part and parcel of its creation, are now being funded through NAMA, employed by the agency while being paid in excess of €200,000 to manage their portfolios. They are employed as solicitors, accountants and valuers through NAMA. These very people who were...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Séamus Healy: ...homelessness by evicting people and selling residences and apartments to vulture funds that are engaging in evictions. The State could also stop this practice by issuing a simple instruction to NAMA. I reiterate that the State is deliberately creating homelessness and should stop doing so immediately. I will refer briefly to the Tánaiste's reference to the housing assistance...