Results 1-20 of 107 for nama speaker:Gerry Adams

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Gerry Adams: ...to vulture funds. Last August, Ulster Bank sold off a portfolio of 5,200 mortgages to Cerberus. It was a deal worth €1.4 billion. The bank gave its customers 90 days notice of the sale of their mortgages. The Dáil will recall the sale by NAMA of Project Eagle in the North and of Siteserv, and the role of Cerberus in all of this is still the focus of a commission of...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...However, this is not an orange and green issue. Like all right-thinking people, many Unionists have contacted me to say that they are appalled by what has been happening, for example, the scandals of NAMA, Red Sky and the RHI scheme. The actions of the DUP in the RHI scandal have the potential to cost the taxpayers £500 million over the next 20 years. That will be paid for by...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...years in Ministerial office and played a key role in the crash in the first instance. He fought the last election to get rid of Fine Gael and then he put Deputy Enda Kenny back into power, as did the Independent Alliance. This was not the only Fianna Fáil U-turn. In the past few months, Fianna Fáil has done a U-turn on bin charges, the national monument in Moore Street,...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...of its latest policy U-turn a fortnight ago, Fianna Fáil is now supposedly in favour of such a position. An Teachta Cowen should clarify its position once and for all. It is also now supposedly in favour of establishing a statutory investigation into the sale of NAMA's Project Eagle. It is a case of a U-turn a day keeps the voters at bay. This evening, despite its position, it has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (28 Sep 2016)

Gerry Adams: ..., will the Taoiseach explain the understandings and agreements reached between the Government and Fianna Fáil, as a result of which we have seen these huge U-turns? The Government has done an U-turn on NAMA, bin charges, zero-hour contracts, Irish Water and the Moore Street project. Perhaps the Taoiseach might indicate, in the spirit of transparency, what other understandings to...

Business of Dáil (7 Sep 2016)

Gerry Adams: It is not agreed. I ask the Taoiseach to allow time today or tomorrow to discuss the revelations in last night's BBC "Spotlight" programme about allegations of illegality within NAMA in the context of the sale of the Northern loan book. Many of us have consistently raised this issue in the Dáil. There seems to be credibility in respect of what we have been asserting. We have asked...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...those amendments and we support the bespoke commission that the Taoiseach proposes. The Taoiseach will also recall that he resisted an investigation into Siteserv at the time. That did not go away. This NAMA scandal will not go away. I again put it to the Taoiseach that the Siteserv model could work for an investigation into the NAMA scandal. My appeal to the Taoiseach is that he...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: Three weeks ago, there was a motion before the Dáil calling for the establishment of a commission of investigation into the sale of NAMA's Northern loan book, Project Eagle. The Government and Fianna Fáil blocked this motion. The Taoiseach claimed that the allegations relating to the sale of Project Eagle had nothing to do with NAMA as an entity. Yet it emerged last week that the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...It has obliged him at every turn, or every U-turn, because the Fianna Fáil Party has done a U-turn on every issue, from saying it would not support Fine Gael in government to water charges, bin charges, NAMA, the national monument on Moore Street, rent certainty and, just last night, banded hours contracts. None of this is in the common good. None of it is in the national interest....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (5 Jul 2016)

Gerry Adams: I will rest at this. Deputy Micheál Martin correctly described the Government's position on refusing to have a commission of investigation into the sale of NAMA's loan book yet he failed to act or support the establishment of such a commission. Did the Taoiseach consult with the Deputy on that issue?

National Asset Management Agency: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...that effect before the Dáil this afternoon. The sale and purchase process of Project Eagle is the subject of serious allegations, yet the Taoiseach and his Ministers have repeatedly dodged the issue. Between May 2010 and November 2013, a member of NAMA’s Northern advisory committee is alleged to have been charging clients fees for advice relating to NAMA. It is also...

Order of Business (14 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: It is owned by NAMA.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: The allegations about NAMA definitely require a commission of investigation, but for now I want to raise my concern about the thousands of people who are homeless across the State, including 2,000 children living in emergency accommodation. These youngsters are growing up and spending their formative years in hotels, hostels and boarding houses. Thousands more are sleeping on settees in...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...a distraction. These are allegations and I have been very careful to couch them in that way. The Taoiseach speaks of rumours. I have not put any rumours to him. It is very precise. A member of NAMA’s advisory board is alleged to have been guilty of malpractice and possible criminal offences, aided and abetted by a senior officer with NAMA. Why will the Taoiseach not set up...

Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: Last week, I raised with the Taoiseach the need for a full investigation into the sale and purchase of NAMA's Northern loan book, Project Eagle. As the Taoiseach avoided my question, I propose to put it to him again. Some of the allegations are shocking. Between May 2010 and November 2013, a member of NAMA's advisory board is alleged to have been charging a fee for advice about NAMA. It...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...the real life crises faced by many people, just as it did before. The Government's responses to the crisis in our health services and the housing crisis, to deficiencies in An Garda Síochána, to the NAMA scandal and to the plight of rural Ireland are exactly the same as they were for the last five years. First of all the Government denies there is a problem and then it...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: ...consistently and in a very detailed way. It is impossible to get information from any of the Ministers on issues as serious as this one. The Taoiseach refused to establish a commission of investigation. NAMA is an arm of the State. It is dealing with the people's money. NAMA is not accountable but it should be. It should command public trust and confidence in the business of securing...

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Gerry Adams: I understand the British National Crime Agency has arrested two people today as part of its investigation into NAMA's Northern loan book, known as Project Eagle. For years now Sinn Féin and others have raised concerns about the sale of NAMA's loan books, including the sale and purchase process for its Northern loan book. The Taoiseach and the former Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton,...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Gerry Adams: .... We have identified €2.2 billion in investment in housing that could provide 36,500 new homes over five years. We want to see boarded-up houses, apartments and voids opened up and refurbished. We want to see a minimum of 4,000 of NAMA's 20,000 private houses used as social houses. We want compulsory purchases of housing stock which has been gifted by NAMA to vulture funds. We...

Business of Dáil (14 Apr 2016)

Gerry Adams: Not agreed. I propose that we postpone this section and allow for more urgent and meaningful debates on issues that are pressing down on people, for example, health, the Luas dispute, NAMA and Moore Street. Today's vote, if it goes ahead, will be inconclusive. We should ask those who want to be nominated to go off and discuss policy matters which we understand they have not yet discussed....