Results 1-20 of 20 for nama speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Rónán Mullen: ...will operate, and whether oversight by the Ministers with responsibility for housing and public expenditure is sufficient. In a way, these concerns mirror those expressed at the time of the establishment of NAMA in 2009, another agency that was taking major decisions in the public interest, albeit on an infinitely larger scale. I share all of these concerns. What we need is more local...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...Those rights are under major threat and attack in the world today. We should remember that the massacre of Armenian Christians, Assyrian Christians and others, and the massacre in Namibia of the Nama and Herero people in the early years of the 20th century, really began the story of genocide in the 20th century. It was Hitler who famously asked who remembers the Armenians. Modern-day...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...few properties available under this scheme in Galway, particularly east Galway. When I last raised the issue, I called on the Minister for Social Protection to enter into negotiations with NAMA to see if it could make properties available under RAS. One the previous occasion, the Leader said that the Government is investing €1.5 billion in social housing. In the spring statement,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...located in various towns throughout the county. Happily, work has commenced on finishing some of the partially completed properties. The owners of these estates are either the banks or, more commonly, NAMA. The banks and NAMA are seeking to sell the properties-----

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Dec 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ...as a blanket cover for political decisions by Ministers. The charge will apply to most homes, with the exception of mobile homes, houseboats and housing not yet used as dwellings. This means that NAMA's new apartments and houses will be exempt for now, unless they are being rented. There are also exemptions for certain trusts, for property located in uncompleted estates and for the homes...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ...An important principle is that the Irish and the English language versions of legislation would be available to people simultaneously. There has already been instances of exceptions created in the NAMA legislation and in the social welfare and pensions legislation, but that is the slippery slope. When it comes to protecting and promoting the Irish language, an aspiration which most...

Seanad: Death of Former Minister: Expressions of Sympathy (15 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ...the nobility and scope of it. He was a man capable of making the most dull or complex subjects interesting. I and others listened in fascination during various debates here, including debates on NAMA and finance. Perhaps because he was a natural teacher Brian had the ability to use language. Even when he used a word that was not in most people's vocabulary, one knew from listening to...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...beyond dispute that it was lied to by the banks. When it gave the guarantee late September 2008, it was certainly lied to by them. There is now much more light being shed on the real problems. NAMA has acquired some loans from the affected institutions at 40% of their face value.

Seanad: Employers' Job Incentive Scheme: Motion (30 Jun 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...holiday, I greatly doubt whether we could fill all the hotel beds now available. Every developer thought it necessary to build a hotel solely for tax purposes and it now appears as though NAMA will be the biggest hotel owner in the country. This has massive employment implications. In addition, banks are not lending. Even if one has a business which is a going concern, banks are not...

Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...expenditure in education and the development of Ireland's brains trust. I suspect that we will get a far greater return from our investment in these young people than from our investment in NAMA. I also strongly urge the Government to implement the findings of the most recent competitiveness report. While its past actions may have undermined Ireland's competitiveness, it must take action...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...abandon the principle of universal provision in areas such as education, health care and child benefit. I would like to see much more creative thinking about how we fund our budgetary commitments. NAMA is expansive, adventurous and risk taking in the face of the economic crisis, but we need to take a serious look at what other steps are needed for less well-off members. I am thinking of...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...were already phoning that radio programme at lunchtime, in which I participated, to offer assistance. We have had extraordinary legislation, and rightly so, to deal with banks in the context of NAMA. We must have equity in our system. Our courts are based on the twin pillars of common law and equity. We desperately need serious measures to rescue families in this kind of situation.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...the irresponsibility of Government policy in recent years that allowed so many ordinary people to get into situations that now prove untenable. We need something as far-reaching and innovative as NAMA to deal with the extraordinary situations in which ordinary people find themselves. I seek a debate on assisted human reproduction, following what other Seanadóirí have said. The Supreme...

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

Rónán Mullen: ...a much sought-after preacher. People would crowd the house to hear him speak. I thought the Minister had great potential in that regard. This amendment proposes an addition to the purposes of NAMA, namely, the facilitation of specified service providers in the fields of the provision of emergency housing, transitional housing and related areas to have preferential purchasing rights in...

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

Rónán Mullen: ...crisis. There is an appropriateness about getting specific information on the social intent, particularly in circumstances where I have drafted it in such a way so as not to frustrate in any way NAMA's commercial or financial objectives or to involve any lack of transparency. I do not believe there is anything in the amendment that undermines NAMA's commercial or financial objectives. I...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...skills to the task. It is not for me to provide an in-depth analysis of how exactly the economy developed financial gout, or precisely why further debate was needed before the blueprint for NAMA was devised. Such tasks are outside my area of expertise and of limited value, as the debate on Second Stage of the Bill is well under way. I propose, however, to offer in passing a general and,...

Seanad: National Marine Mapping Programme: Motion (21 Oct 2009)

Rónán Mullen: .... When I was in secondary school, I was told that Ireland had no natural resources. The INFOMAR projects kills that myth once and for all. While the focus of much political attention has been on NAMA and the banking crises, we must not lose sight of the fact that solving the banking crisis on its own will neither restore competitiveness nor create new opportunities for Irish business....

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...of the five-year deadline being extended. No doubt there are sound economic and financial reasons for this. We can contextualise it by reference to the important work proposed to be done by NAMA and the need to keep the market value of properties sufficiently high. This is a controversial area in which a balance must be struck and there are good grounds for saying that in some cases it...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jun 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Taking that in conjunction with Deputy Gilmore's less than informed approach to NAMA a few weeks ago, one wonders whether people are rushing to the microphone to make political capital rather than checking the facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...on a specific date, at a specific time and entering that in a diary, rather than giving a general promise which in many cases comes to nothing. In the case of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, there was a debate, thanks to Fine Gael, which is to be commended for that. I am sure, however, that as the proposal moves forward there will be further calls for debate which should be...