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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: With all that is going on in RTÉ at the moment, when will there be an investigation into the conduct of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA? I have been contacted by Mr. John Fraher, a hard-working businessman in Clonmel who has been working since he was 13 years of age. He is alleging that his tax number was fraudulently used by officials from NAMA and then attempts were made...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...Project Eagle. Is this going to be project Cluain Meala? It is a lovely name, meaning the vale of honey. There are serious questions to be answered here about persons who were on the board of NAMA and interfered with Revenue and everything else. I want this investigated at the highest level. We saw how former Deputy Mick Wallace had to continually raise the issue of Project Eagle....

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...kind of a court set up in this country that would give justice to citizens and would take on some of the white-collar crime and some of the issues surrounding the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and what it has done. I have asked parliamentary questions about this for an individual in Clonmel whose tax number is being used wrongly and he got an apology from Revenue. I need to see...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate if, and the reason why, NAMA-NALM is permitted to use an Irish citizen’s personal tax number in its own interest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance to investigate the reason NAMA-NALM was able to use the personal tax number of a person (details supplied)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/23]

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... The courts were mentioned here. Deputy Michael Collins raised a point earlier today about the banks. Every one of us has had issues with banks, legal firms and the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, since the so-called bank crash and the subsequent bailout. I said when NAMA was set up that it was like a wild animal released in the woods and nobody knew where it would end up....

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...is derelict now and it is a shame to see it. A gentleman objected to plans in the name of somebody else who was from Limerick, miles away from the hotel, and now the site is derelict. It was with NAMA. I remember former Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly talking about Project Eagle. I called it project jackdaw because it stank. The owner has the hotel back again. Now there are...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...times. I suppose I will not be forgiven by people. I will not forgive myself, because it was a con job. Reckless behaviour went on, and unfortunately, it is still going on. On the night that NAMA was set up, I said that it was like a wild animal released in the woods. Nobody had any idea where it would end up. I am not saying that I am a prophet, but my God, how right I was, when we...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (21 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 134. To ask the Taoiseach the reason the timeframe for the NAMA Commission of Investigation was extended until 30 September 2021. [18717/21]

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...hunted. The Minister must examine the problem with logjams and do something about it. I could not believe it when I heard on "Morning Ireland" earlier that the newspapers today are reporting that NAMA offered houses to almost every county council in the country but many of them, including my local authority, refused them. We need to get stuff moving and be shovel ready. We can bring...

Debenhams Ireland Redundancies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...firms one might find in any rural town. They are some of the biggest and brightest, and they have been here right through the financial crash. They have been supporting and benefitting from work for NAMA and every side of NAMA. However, here we are and they walk on the ordinary people, the ordinary man or woman whose day's work must be respected. People must now vote with their feet...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (7 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...any information about the break they were supposed to get. Those rates must be paid as well. The councils do not have a cent, but there is plenty to pay the spin masters. I refer to the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA. When the late Deputy Brian Lenihan, God rest him, set up NAMA I said in this House that it was like releasing a wild animal in the woods. No-one knew where...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...O'Sullivan and Lahart will know of them. They are ordinary people trying to better themselves and make their lives and those of their families a little better despite the horrendous pressure they are under from drug gangs, etc. We know what NAMA is. I am not happy with what it has done. NAMA controls 75% of the available land in the Dublin City Council area. It should not have that...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...the people to give away their say to politicians. We have powers here but we want to hand them to a quango. Quangos have beset this land like a plague. When the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, was set up, I said it was like a wild animal released in the woods and that we would not know where it would end up - and we do not. We only have to look at the current mess. We are...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...about - accountability in the banking and big developer sectors. It all got so cosy with the so-called Celtic tiger but he is lame and limp somewhere, if not deceased at this stage. The animal of NAMA was then set up and I am sure there will be a lot of inquiries when that is stood down. It is due to be stood down soon but a lot of funny things went on. A lot of bags of money travelled...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...many times he went down to Ballyhay. I can say to my shame that I never went down but he travelled there on several Sunday mornings. He knew what the construct of National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, was and he did not like it. He knew there had to be other ways. He always maintained his dignity when he was meeting people about that issue. I travelled to the United States with...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...against all the time. As I said, nothing was really done in this budget to tackle the housing crisis. Nothing meaningful was done. Another quango was set up - another agency to go between NAMA, which should never have been set up, and the county councils. I do not even know the fancy acronym for it. I do not want to. It will take two years to set up, it will be packed with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the housing and commercial properties in the possession of NAMA in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42980/17]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the proposers of the motion. I must ask the Minister of State some questions. Houses were recently offered by NAMA to many councils. In a reply to me, however, Tipperary County Council stated that the NAMA units referred to were not appropriate for use by local authorities because a high number of them were not up to standard or did not meet construction regulations while...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...would have ended up as a derelict site. The developer in question ended up in the National Asset Management Agency and left the country but has since returned having bought all of his property back from NAMA. These large developments change the character of villages and communities. We do not hear anything about community facilities. We fought the planners for a playground and a...