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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (13 May 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sequence involved in the purchase by the State of 14-18 Moore Street, Dublin 1; if NAMA or the State made the approach; when the first approach was made; the officials from the State bodies NAMA, National Monuments Service, his Department, the OPW and so on involved in the purchase; the cost of the purchase; when the...

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the contributors, the support they have shown and supportive and positive comments they have made. Some have highlighted the scandalous planning decisions associated with this area and the cultural vandalism of the State in the past. The questionable role of NAMA and its officials in many of the projects has also been raised. The Committee of Public Accounts might find a way to look at...

An Bille um Cheathrú Chultúir 1916, 2021: First Stage (11 Mar 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...that the Bill is being introduced today because Moore Street is once again under threat of destruction and redevelopment in a manner that is not befitting such an historic monument. This time it is the British shopping centres owner Hammerson, which was virtually gifted the site by the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, when Mr. Joe O'Reilly's property empire crumbled. It is a...

Select Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) (2 Mar 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...tamall de bhlianta anuas fuair an focal “An” in "An Post" bás. Bhí Post don ainm An Post ann ach tá an tseirbhís sin ag bogadh ar ais in dtreo na Gaeilge a chur sa teideal agus is é sin an lógó. I roinnt cásanna tá lógó ann agus níl aon ainm nó fhoclaíocht ann agus i roinnt cásanna eile is...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Government controls it through NAMA.

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: NAMA can take instruction from the Minister for Finance, as it has done on 15 separate occasions since September 2009. I ask on this occasion that the Government, which includes the Minister, ask him to issue the required instruction to ensure the portion of Moore Street not currently designated as a national monument be designated and protected as such. The Minister said it should be a...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On 23 April 2014, the eve of the 98th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, the Government announced that, through NAMA, it would invest €5 million in refurbishing and restoring the section of Moore Street which had been designated as a national monument, that is, Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. This was re-announced five months later by the Minister for Arts and Heritage and the Gaeltacht,...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... If they are on social welfare they cannot get rent allowance, but they cannot afford to rent privately. The reason developments are not happening is that most of the lands previously held by NAMA are now held by a different type of speculator offshore which has a profit margin in mind, be it 50% or 100%, which is well above the normal margin of 20%. The normal cost of building a...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...also not only right and proper but it will recognise the public interest aspect because it is the public's money. Michael Geoghegan suggested one of the Blackstone officials should be on the NAMA advisory board. Whether that is right or wrong, there is a conflict of interest but nobody seemed to step in until that question was raised in this House. These are major questions. Did...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (16 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...as the profiteering companies seem to immediately inflate the rent on the day of the rent review, as in the case of rental properties (details supplied) in Dublin 12, which was sold recently by NAMA to a foreign investor, who have hiked rents by 23% from €1,100 to €1,600; and his views on the action being taken to address this inflationary trend. [47953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (16 Dec 2014)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...as these profiteering companies seem to immediately inflate the rent on the day of the rent review, as in the case of rental properties (details supplied) in Dublin 12, which was sold recently by NAMA to a foreign investor, who have hiked rents by 23% from €1,100 to €1,600; and his views on the action being taken to address the effects this is having on the rental market in...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...collapse of regeneration schemes in my area and others in the city and country. Coupled with this, there is a need for a constitutional change to allow for a "use it or lose it" clause for derelict sites or derelict homes. The free transfer of empty apartments and houses held by NAMA to local authorities would also help address the social housing needs of struggling Irish families much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) with National Newspapers of Ireland (7 Feb 2013)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: .... I do not know why this is. Perhaps the freedom of information officer does not speak to the person who writes the parliamentary questions. Mr. Cullen mentioned two organisations, the NTMA and NAMA, one of which is not covered by the freedom of information legislation. He also mentioned that according to the legislation establishing Irish Water, it will not be covered by the freedom...

Rent Supplement Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...rent supplement. I have never supported the notion of the State subsidising private landlords. I have always argued that it should provide social housing. Why is the Minister not delivering the NAMA houses and the empty units around the country to the local authorities, rather than continuing to subsidise private landlords?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...to housing but the Government is determined to continue subsidising landlords in this way, despite the fact that it would be far more cost-effective to invest in the purchase of social housing via NAMA or otherwise. Is the Tánaiste aware that less than half of the €500 million used to subsidise private landlords is spent on social housing, which would come under the control of local...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ..., it will probably have to be increased as tenants whose landlords will not reduce their rent are obliged to depend on services for homeless persons. I note what the Tánaiste said about the use of NAMA properties for social housing purposes. Is it the intention to lease such properties only or will the Government take the economically savvy decision to acquire the properties outright or...

Rent Supplement Scheme (12 Jun 2012)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...school to another. I hope the Minister will accept the point I am making. Has she discussed with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government the possibility of using vacant NAMA properties to accommodate the rental accommodation scheme, as has been suggested? Specifically, I would like such properties to be categorised as social housing. That would be a much...

Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...to those whose mortgages are in arrears. We also need measures to prevent mortgages from becoming distressed. There must be write-downs. There are write-downs for businesses and there is NAMA for those who speculated but there is no NAMA for those who are in economic distress in respect of their mortgages. The solutions the Keane report suggested are minimalist. They are not radical...

Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...scheme to RAS is like moving the deck chairs on the Titanic? Has any consideration being given to front-loading rent supplement to local authorities, along with asking the Minister for Finance or NAMA to transfer properties? Such a change would allow local authorities to get people off rent supplement and the RAS scheme, which would result in longer term savings. It would be a more...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...such as the IDA to use for proper purposes, rather than making a profit on the back of it. If anyone goes to Clancy Barracks in my constituency, they will find it is sitting under the umbrella of NAMA because one of the big developers, P. Elliott, has collapsed and is in receivership. Most of the apartments are half built and sitting empty, and even those that are completed are sitting...