Results 1-20 of 40 for nama speaker:Bríd Smith

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

Bríd Smith: ...as well as the campaign to repeal the eighth amendment, with its proposed committee. It is acting in the same way with the Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill. The Fianna Fáil amendment on the NAMA issue is all about suspension, putting it back and not dealing with it. It is outrageous. I will make a wider argument about why this is not simply about Project Eagle but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...have been lifted by order of the Minister. My question relates to planning and economics, because one cannot have one without the other. Did the Department of the Taoiseach have discussions with NAMA at any stage? Did it inform NAMA of the likely impact the lifting of height restrictions would have on any planning permission application that might be submitted by developers and, most...

Report of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (7 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: It is ironic that these recommendations are coming to us in the same week or month as the unfolding scandal of NAMA’s sale of assets in Northern Ireland while a very sensible resolution by Deputy Mick Wallace was rejected by the main parties in this House, both Government and so-called Opposition. In the same month, a very simple Bill that we put, seeking to amend the remit of NAMA,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has considered offering a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 to the local authority or an approved housing body for the provision of public and affordable housing; and if NAMA will be instructed to prepare a report on the feasibility of such action. [2527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (18 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA had been informed of the forthcoming changed height regulations but continued to completion with such sales; if so, the reason NAMA was permitted to dispose of such sites at considerable discount to its subsequent revaluation; and if he was advised of these sales and disposals prior to the announcement on height restrictions. [52842/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department had meetings or discussions with NAMA officials about a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if so, the details of the meetings; if his attention has been drawn to the NAMA-appointed receiver's appeal to have the location removed from the vacant site register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (18 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if NAMA had been informed of the forthcoming change to height regulations but continued to completion with such sales; if so, the reason NAMA was permitted to dispose of such sites at considerable discount to their subsequent revaluation; and if he was advised of these sales and-or disposals prior to the announcement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (18 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of height restrictions has a major upward impact on site value of the lands sold and that the price obtained for the land disposed of by NAMA recently is thus considerably less than could have been obtained; and if he discussed the likely impacts with NAMA officials before it disposed of lands. [52841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (18 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: ...if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of height restrictions has a major upward impact on the site value of the lands and that the price obtained for land disposed of by NAMA recently is considerably less than what could have been obtained; and if his Department discussed the likely impacts with NAMA officials before they disposed of lands. [52805/18]

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Bríd Smith: I echo what has been said by Deputy Coppinger. What has happened in Tyrrelstown and Cork is a predictable outcome of the activities of NAMA and, I would argue, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. The Government set out deliberately to attract corporate investment funds with tax incentives. The Sunday before the general election, The Sunday Business Postreported this was coming...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...to, which is 2011 levels. This is what is needed in the city to deal with the housing crisis, as well as what is actually happening in the city, whereby ordinary decent citizens are taking over NAMA buildings as we speak, hence the T-shirt I am wearing which states "home sweet home". Happy Christmas everybody, and fair play to the people who are taking direct action and doing something...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (11 Sep 2017)

Bríd Smith: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and acreage of NAMA-owned properties and landbanks by property type (details supplied) and by county, in tabular form. [37576/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (9 Oct 2018)

Bríd Smith: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA has interests, current or historical, in lands or debts connected to the current difficulties of a company (details supplied); and the detail of these interests and transactions, including dealings connected with the company or other companies. [40796/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: The Taoiseach did not answer my question on the height restrictions and NAMA.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: Can we take that minute to answer the question on the height restrictions and NAMA?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with NAMA officials in relation to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if the use of this site for the provision of social, public and affordable homes by the local authority and approved housing bodies will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (18 Dec 2018)

Bríd Smith: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance if he discussed the likely impact on land prices and specifically NAMA-controlled sites of the measures on height restrictions with either the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government or officials in his Department or outside agencies or bodies; and the details of discussions and meetings that took place at which these height restrictions were...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Bríd Smith: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if the site is controlled by NAMA; if its potential use by public agencies or Dublin City Council for social or affordable housing has been examined; and if his officials or other Departments have had meetings with the receivers of the site to discuss the future of same. [54428/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: US Presidential Election (22 Nov 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...Washington next March? Donald Trump has filled his Cabinet and surrounded himself with the chief executive officers of JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Cerberus which is at the heart of a scandal with NAMA in this country. This is not a man who is a friend of working people. Instead, he represents the 1% who are creating gross inequalities, both in America and across the planet, as well as...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)

Bríd Smith: ...homelessness and lead to definite action instead of consistent promises and the failure to deliver and deal with what is an ever-increasing problem? We brought forward an item of legislation on NAMA to give it a new remit in terms of prioritising the building of social housing and providing both social and affordable housing and to use empty properties for social reasons rather than...