Results 1-20 of 130 for nama speaker:Paschal Donohoe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As outlined in my response to Dáil Question No. 199 of 20 September 2017, the NAMA voluntary redundancy scheme, which includes a retention element, was established to help safeguard NAMA’s performance, aid the Agency in retaining its operational capabilities through the retention of key staff during the course of its disposal strategy, and allow NAMA to fulfil its objective...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (3 Nov 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: I am advised by NAMA that they do not typically own or sell properties. Rather NAMA’s role is as secured lender and the properties securing NAMA’s loans remain under the control of their registered owners, or in the case of enforcement, the appointed receiver. The Deputy will be aware that I, as Minister for Finance, have no role in respect of NAMA's commercial operations or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (13 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to take Questions Nos. 112 and 197 together. I currently have no plans to wind down the Agency prior to, or beyond, its current expected time frame. It is too early to speculate whether NAMA will have made sufficient progress on its three primary business lines - ongoing deleveraging; Dublin Docklands SDZ programme; residential delivery funding...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (16 Jan 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that NAMA does not own property. Instead NAMA acquired loans and its role is as a secured lender. The property itself continues to be owned and managed by the property owner, or receiver where one has been appointed. Sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act 2009 preclude NAMA from disclosing information relating to NAMA debtors, their finances and their property. As...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (13 Jan 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy will be aware, NAMA does not typically own or sell properties, rather NAMA owns loans for which the properties act as security. Secured properties remain in the ownership and control of their registered owners, or appointed receivers where applicable. These parties also manage the sales process. As regards the property referenced by the Deputy, I am advised that the property...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (25 Feb 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: NAMA was established with a very specific legal mandate, which was approved by the European Commission in 2010, to deal expeditiously with its acquired loan portfolio and to extract best value from that portfolio. NAMA has been successful in achieving this mandate and has now entered into the final phase of this work. In relation to the delivery of residential housing, it is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (13 Jul 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In late 2015, a complaint was submitted to the Competition Directorate of the European Commission (DG Comp) by a small number of property developers - including some former NAMA debtors - alleging that there may be state aid implications to NAMA's providing financing for the development of commercially viable residential projects by some of NAMA's debtors and receivers. NAMA and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (23 Sep 2020)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that NAMA does not generally own properties; rather NAMA owns loans for which the properties act as security. I am advised that NAMA debtors and receivers own an estimated 675 hectares of land suitable for residential development in Ireland. NAMA regularly assesses the feasibility of these sites and, where development is deemed commercially viable; NAMA provides...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (18 Dec 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that NAMA’s role is as secured lender and the property assets securing NAMA’s loan portfolio remain under the ownership and control of debtors and receivers. Set out in the attached file is information, in the format held by NAMA, relating to property collateral in Co. Galway that secured NAMA’s loan portfolio for each of the years from 2015 to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (5 Oct 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. NAMA originally issued €1.593 billion in subordinated debt in consideration for 5% of the loans it acquired from the participating institutions. Payment of interest and ultimate redemption of this debt was subject to NAMA’s financial performance. NAMA’s profits have substantially exceeded the subordinated debt...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (2 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy may be aware, NAMA does not own land in Kildare, rather NAMA acquired loans for which land and other properties act as security. The secured properties are owned and controlled by their registered owners, or appointed receivers, in the event of enforcement. Sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act prohibit NAMA from disclosing confidential debtor information, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (22 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: As Minister for Finance, I have a specific obligation to review and assess NAMA's activities under Section 227 of the NAMA Act.  The establishment of a Commission of Investigation does not alter this obligation, nor my intention to carry out such a review in due course. The Deputy will be aware that Department of Finance officials previously prepared a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Legal Cases (5 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: Section 172(3) of the NAMA Act 2009 is a legal provision preventing any interest in property held as security for loans acquired by NAMA from being sold back to defaulting debtors, or persons acting on behalf of defaulting debtors. In order to ensure compliance with Section 172(3), I am advised that NAMA has a policy of obtaining written confirmation from purchasers of NAMA-secured...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Code of Conduct (20 Jun 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies ("the Code"), each State Body is required to report non competitive procurements in the Chairperson’s comprehensive report to the Minister. The NAMA Chairman submitted his comprehensive report in conjunction with the NAMA Annual Report for 2016, as required by the Code. I would point out that the information cited in the...

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

Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy will be aware that NAMA does not, in general, own property.  Rather, NAMA acquired loans for which the properties act as security. Under Sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act,  NAMA is prohibited from disclosing confidential debtor information, including information on the location and type of assets owned by debtors. It is therefore not possible to identify...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (2 Nov 2021)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246, 247, 253, 265 and 266 together. As the deputies may be aware, assets often referred to as "NAMA land" or "NAMA properties" are not owned by NAMA. NAMA owns loans. Such property is owned by private persons or companies who owe money to NAMA (“NAMA debtors”) and serves as collateral for those amounts owed. I am advised that Sections 99 and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Construction (19 Apr 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: At the outset, it is important to note that NAMA does not build residential property. Instead, where commercially viable, it funds residential delivery on sites controlled by its debtors and receivers. In late 2013, NAMA indicated that it aimed to fund the delivery of 4,500 homes on lands controlled by NAMA debtors and receivers over the period to end-2016. By end-2016 this target had...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (30 Nov 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In late 2015, a complaint was submitted to the Competition Directorate of the European Commission (DG Comp) by a small number of property developers - including some former NAMA debtors - alleging that there may be State aid implications to NAMA's providing financing for the development of commercially viable residential projects by some of NAMA's debtors and receivers. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (31 Mar 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: All NAMA staff are employees of the NTMA and are assigned to NAMA by the NTMA in line with Section 42 of the NAMA Act 2009. Other than a small number of staff re-assigned from other functions within the NTMA, NAMA staff are typically employed on the basis of specified purpose contracts i.e. their employment lasts for as long as NAMA requires their particular function. Staff assigned to NAMA...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (14 Jun 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 to 383, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, NAMA does not own properties, it owns loans. The properties securing NAMA’s loans are owned by debtors. These debtors, or receivers in the case of enforcement, manage and control the properties. If a State body expresses interest in a property secured to NAMA, NAMA will facilitate...