Results 1-20 of 262 for nama speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...reduce house prices overall, making it easier for young families to afford home ownership, if they wish, while also providing them with a secure alternative; and calls on the Government to: — create an Irish housing development bank, by merging parts of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) with the Housing Agency, Housing Finance Agency and the Land Development Agency, to...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...average is deemed a rent pressure zone but the entire area is not. I plead with the Minister examine this when reviewing the rent pressure zones. The Labour Party has advocated for a change to NAMA's mandate, which I am sure will require legislative change. I was in the House when the NAMA legislation was brought forward by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. I remember a...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...-hanging fruit to be brought back into use. Another tentative move by the Government, which does not yet have much flesh on its bones, is the announcement in the Budget Statement that a redesigned role for NAMA is being examined. Last year, the Labour Party proposed that NAMA should be refocused and merged with the Housing Finance Agency to address the serious shortage of supply of...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: ...through the HAP scheme. In the housing Bill the Labour Party introduced last year, we called on the Government to use the significant resources and expertise of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, to provide social and affordable housing. The Minister announced that NAMA is to be used in the area of housing but for the private sector. We heard cheerleading for his...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: ...housing development is not going to deal with the issue. That is the nub of the problem. We need honesty on whether the money is there. The Labour Party amendment is about using the resources in NAMA. Our amendment proposes to:introduce immediate measures to transform the National Asset Management Agency into a National Housing Development and Finance Agency and repurpose its mandate...

Social and Affordable Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...property and refers to the exigencies of the common good. That is the basis upon which we are making this proposal. We are also proposing that where land is distressed - a lot of the time that will involve land that is being administered by NAMA or the banks - there should be a limit on the amount of profit that can be made from such land. This measure is specifically designed to...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...CPOs, would only have its current value plus 25%. In other words, one could not sit on the land and then make a profit by having it rezoned for housing. A second proposal of our Bill is that the remit of NAMA be broadened and the organisation rebranded as the national housing development and finance agency. I know there are a number of measures proposed regarding the Housing Agency,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: NAMA Property Sales (17 Sep 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in that context. Neither does my Department have any expertise or knowledge in relation to housing supply or housing policy in general. Therefore, my Department has not had any contact with NAMA in respect of the particular matter referred to by the Deputy.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There has been progress with the NAMA properties. Local authorities have said that some of the NAMA properties were unsuitable but we have asked them to look at them again because times have changed and there is a different type of person who needs housing. In the past that person might have thought certain properties were unsuitable but he or she may think otherwise now. We have asked the...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: .... On the other, if they are genuinely offered something in their area of choice and refuse twice, it is fair, as they are depriving somebody else of an opportunity if they keep refusing. The issue of NAMA units was raised. The commitment was that there would be 2,000 units during the lifetime of the Government. It is correct to say approximately 4,000 have been offered by NAMA. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (26 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department continues to work closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. To date, NAMA has identified over 4,653 residential properties controlled by its debtors and receivers under this initiative as being potentially available for social housing. Of this figure, 1,607 units were in areas where the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department continues to work closely and successfully with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. To the end of Quarter 1 this year, NAMA have identified 4,653 units as being potentially suitable for social housing. Of these some 1,849 units have been confirmed by local authorities as being suitable. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...housing programmes for 2014 to be in the region of 6,000 new housing units as set out in the following table. Delivery method Number Rental Accommodation Scheme 2,500 Leasing, including: 400 NAMA sourced properties and 350 Mortgage to Rent Scheme 1,200 Social Housing Investment Programme 200 Capital Assistance Scheme 2 75 Regeneration 230 Voids 1,800

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together. Information in relation to the delivery of NAMA sourced units, including a full breakdown by county of units delivered by quarter, is available on the Housing Agency’ s website: . My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies in identifying suitable NAMA...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (1 May 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...from 2011 showed that over 230,000 houses and apartments, excluding holiday homes, were vacant at that time. While many of these may not be available or suitable for use as social housing units, my Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and the Approved Housing Bodies towards bringing suitable units into social housing use through the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...persons with specific categories of need over the 2014-2015 period. Some €35 million is being set aside for this programme which is intended to deliver in the region of 230 new homes. My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) towards bringing suitable NAMA units into social use and to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 437 together. My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies in identifying suitable NAMA housing units and bringing them into social housing use. By the end of March 2014, 4,653 units have been identified by NAMA as being potentially suitable for social housing and of these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...programmes for 2014 to be in the region of 5,000 new housing units as set out in the following table. Delivery method Number Rental Accommodation Scheme 2,500 Leasing, including: 400 NAMA sourced properties and 350 Mortgage to Rent Scheme 1,200 Deinstitutionalisation Programme - new Units for people with disability leaving institutional care 150 Social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...new social and voluntary homes. A special investment of €15 million for the retrofitting of boarded-up local authority houses is intended to bring 400 homes back into productive use. In addition, my Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies towards bringing suitable NAMA units into social use and to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...for persons with specific categories of need over the 2014-2015 period. Some €35 million is being set aside for this programme which is intended to deliver in the region of 230 new homes. My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and AHBs towards bringing suitable NAMA units into social use and to ensure continued delivery of...