Results 1-20 of 47 for nama speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Feb 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has engaged with NAMA, its debtors and receivers,  on a number of occasions since its establishment in relation to  properties that were secured to Nama.  It will be appreciated by the Deputy that due to the sensitive nature of the work carried out by NAMA all engagement was necessarily on a strictly confidential basis.  Due to the passage...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (16 Jun 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: The NTMA and NAMA are responsible for the provision of their own office accommodation and the Commissioners of Public Works have no involvement in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (3 Mar 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Harcourt Square complex was part of a bundle of properties being sold by NAMA in 2013 under Project Aspen. The Commissioners of Public Works engaged with NAMA at that time to explore the possibility of the Commissioners acquiring Harcourt Square. However, this did not proceed as it was not possible for NAMA to separate Harcourt Square from Project Aspen and deal with it in isolation....

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...wish to build a house on their land. It is about time it was called to book. I am a member of the Committee of Public Accounts and one of the issues that has arisen there time and again is NAMA and the allocation of social housing to the local authorities in Dublin, in particular, and in the greater Leinster area. There is no rational explanation for the refusal by some of the local...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the issue with regard to the University of Limerick which was raised at the committee previously? I asked this question before, but it might have been dealt with. When the representatives from NAMA were here they gave us a figure for the number of social housing units that were rejected by local authorities in Dublin and other areas of Leinster. Has NAMA provided further details on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Last week, when NAMA was before the committee, its representatives went through the numbers of social housing units that had been allocated to local authorities, particularly in the Dublin region, but which had been refused. Would it be possible to get a report from the CEOs of the four Dublin local authorities on why, in the context of what is on the news every day, they refused the houses...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the witnesses. In his statement earlier and previously in July, Mr. McDonagh referred to NAMA's difficulties with the retention of staff. It was one of the issues he was concerned about for the future. He said that from the outset NAMA recruited staff with a diverse range of skills in the assessment of assets, including property development, asset management, architecture,...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: When NAMA appointed a receiver, was an assessment carried out of those assets?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has NAMA a role now-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...have been done in respect of citing a very obvious flaw, that this building is not in compliance with the building regulations. What the owners are hoping to hear today is that somebody, namely, NAMA, will take responsibility for this and fix it.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How big a problem is this in respect of the other assets of this debtor? Obviously, NAMA has wound up with other blocks of apartments from the same debtor.

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has NAMA assessed those on the basis of what the fire services have said?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is a reason I am asking this. The NAMA annual report cites a number of development sites in Dublin along by the docklands which the agency hopes to develop for badly needed units, offices, commercial units, houses, apartments and so on. Let us cut to the chase. Will we wind up with a situation involving people who have resurrected themselves and entered a process where they could...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: When Mr. McDonagh was before the committee in July I asked a question on the role of NAMA in housing. At the time, Mr. McDonagh said a local authority in Dublin had refused an offer of properties to try to alleviate in some way the housing crisis it was facing. As I remember it, South Dublin County Council had refused an offer. Does Mr. McDonagh have any further information on the take-up...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: NAMA was prepared to make these units liveable and the four local authorities in Dublin have refused over 50% of the offers. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do they give NAMA any reasons for refusing them?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does NAMA have a plan post that? Is the plan to put it on the market?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What has the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government said to NAMA about the thousands of units available being refused by local authorities? The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is aware of this. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: NAMA has ongoing engagement with the city and county managers. How often does NAMA meet them to make them aware of the portfolio NAMA has?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will ask a final question before I finish. Can Mr. McDonagh remind the committee of the total number of units that NAMA offered to local authorities only to see those offers refused?