Results 1-20 of 33 for nama speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...a particular project. The synergy between the local authority, the executive, our councillors, the Department and the LDA must be about working together. Senator Burke is correct. I believe NAMA was a gargantuan error and it made significant errors and we must learn from it with the Land Development Agency. If I heard Senator Warfield correctly in his contribution, he said he was...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...period, I would have no personal problem with that. The points made by Senator Ardagh and others today were valid. I have no answer for Senator Ardagh regarding the sale of the John Player site.NAMA is not open to political engagement. As far as I am aware, engagement with NAMA is precluded under the Act. However, the issue raised is one on which there is need for consultation. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: .... He stated: "The Committee of Public Accounts has accepted my long-standing position derived from law that in these circumstances, it was not within the powers of the Minister for Finance to direct NAMA to halt the sale process." Let us make that quite clear. Let me repeat, the minute of the meeting with Cerberus is available on the Department of Finance's website for everybody to...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the issue of the person in University Hospital Galway. I am happy to raise that issue with the Minister. She also raised the issue of Apple. We will debate that next week in the House. On NAMA, there is a commission of inquiry under way and there will also be a debate in the Committee of Public Accounts. The Senator is also right in regard to the area of health. The crisis in health...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The concept of NAMA was created by the Members opposite. It is the legacy of Fianna Fáil's period in office and of the financial and property crisis this country had to endure. Many of us in this House wish we did not have NAMA at all. It is a stark reminder of a country that was in turmoil and in the midst of uncertainty. That dark period has changed, despite what some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Did NAMA make direct contact with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation or other organisations representing workers? Did representatives of the INMO meet representatives of NAMA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: We asked NAMA to come before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: There is extensive correspondence from NAMA on that. It states, first, that NAMA has no role in relation to either the formulation or implementation of public health policy and it believes it would be inappropriate for any officer of NAMA to comment on Government policy in this area; and, second, NAMA is precluded under sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act, similar to restrictions on other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Closure of Mount Carmel Hospital: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: ...or make charges against either a person outside the House or an official by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable. We invited representatives of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, to the meeting but, as is clear from the written correspondence, the agency has declined to attend the committee's meeting this afternoon. It has furnished the committee with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Has NAMA indicated a willingness to work with Government in that context?

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...9 billion for roads projects and €1.4 billion for rail and light rail projects. It is designating €1.5 billion for water services infrastructure and €1.4 billion for the regeneration of social housing. NAMA has committed to invest €2.2 billion over the next five years. We were told that could not be done. Deputy Healy quoted what James Connolly said about the...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (22 May 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the National Assets Management Agency and if necessary amend the NAMA Act to ensure that any sale of NAMA controlled property is done in an open and transparent manner unlike the recent sale of NAMA controlled land in Douglas, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25128/12]

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...that a deal was done but at the 11th hour one of the parties reneged and walked away. The situation is that 32 people were denied their entitlements by the owner of a company who has engaged with NAMA. I appreciate that the Minister has engaged with the LRC on the matter, but what can we do for these workers who are being denied their rights and entitlements? This group of people have...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance further to the ongoing refusal of the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, to release funds to pay the former employees of a company (details supplied), the contact there has been between him and NAMA and, in particular, the dedicated unit within his Department which liaises on a daily basis with NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the...

Employment Rights (11 Jan 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to turn its back on its workers, or to strip away a company so that it can ride scot free into the sunset. It cannot ignore its legal responsibilities. I know the previous Government restructured NAMA and we are now seeing that the way it was restructured is wrong. NAMA has much to answer for in the wider spectrum, but also in this case. I would like to see NAMA representatives explain...

Employment Rights (11 Jan 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ...which favours the workers should be arrived at because this matter relates to them and to ordinary people in general. There is an onus and an obligation on everyone, whether the Government, NAMA, the trade union movement and especially the owners and directors of Vita Cortex, to engage in this process and reach a resolution that ensures this group of people are paid the redundancy to...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...sized enterprises to employ people. Deputy Mick Wallace, who is present in the Chamber, is an employer and is far more eloquent than I in this regard. I hope we can revisit the whole issue of NAMA. As a layman, I fear that all NAMA wants is simply to plunder and get cash back. I am afraid it will screw down the whole process and will not allow people to come up with business plans in...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (20 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in the services sector are also being affected. Almost 200 of them have gone out of existence. A further 140 businesses in the retail sector are also gone. We were told the establishment of NAMA would provide liquidity, ensure credit would flow, help to create viable businesses and households, allow our country to get moving again, enable people to get back to work and encourage...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and jumping to its tune. A consensus is a process involving meaningful interaction between the three parties. Fine Gael proposed an alternative budget last year, as well as an alternative to NAMA and bank recapitalisation. The Government did not accept one suggestion from Fine Gael, whether it related to job creation, the environment or legislation in this House. As Senator O'Toole...

Seanad: Public Service Agreement 2010-2014: Statements (13 May 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State knows from his daily work in south Tipperary that people feel they are under siege. They are terrorised by Government policies. We can trot out the usual argument on NAMA and the bailing out of banks but the public sector worker feels unrecognised, devalued and worthless because of budgets, punditry and the pronouncements of Government. Walking into any staff room or...