Results 1-15 of 15 for nama speaker:Seán Crowe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Returning Irish Emigrants: Discussion (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...information on the global website but people are going to the INIS website. It is a difficult Department to deal with, in my own experience of it. It must be even more difficult for others. Has NAMA ever offered housing assistance to returning migrants? Most emigrants dream of returning home, no matter where they come from, unless their experience of their country of origin was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Joint Sitting with Joint Committee on European Union Affairs
First Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr. Frans Timmermans: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...that in 2014 there was talk in terms of a follow up to the Anti-Corruption Report 2013. We have seen protests in European capitals, such as Romania. There have been allegations in respect of NAMA. What is the rationale for dropping this report? An issue arose during the French elections that the wife of one candidates was paid for fictitious work. Would he agree with transparency?...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...not know of Donald Trump. Some may have seen him on "The Apprentice" or the "Dragons' Den" or whatever it is called. Some may have stayed in Trump hotels. Many of us heard about him buying up a NAMA hotel and his subsequent difficulties in trying to get planning permission to build a wall.

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Seán Crowe: ...hear that it is the fault of Dublin City Council or somebody else but we all know where the fault lies. It was this Government which refused to use the legislative powers at its disposal to stop NAMA, a State agency, from selling off the entire Moore Street terrace, which was in its power to do so under the NAMA Act. It was this Government which failed to use the same legislative powers...

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...said they would take rental supplement, the rent was so high that it meant the option was meaningless. That option was therefore out for those individuals. Some people say that the thousands of NAMA properties are a magic wand but, according to the local housing manager, in south Dublin there are only a handful of such properties. The remaining options are to stay where one is, even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Housing in Developing Countries: Habitat for Humanity (19 Feb 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...two of the remaining owners do not accept the supplement. There is no way forward for people in such situations. There is no social housing coming through, nor is anything coming through via NAMA. I welcome the work being done by Habitat for Humanity. It is positive and we need to support it, but we also need to look at what we are doing in our own country.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Crowe: ...Finance if a list of all properties handled and sold by the National Asset Management Agency is available; the total original value of the properties and the value for which they were sold; and if NAMA has made available to his Department the names of persons or companies that have bought properties from NAMA. [46350/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Crowe: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any properties sold by the National Asset Management Agency where the full price for a property has not been received or discharged in full to NAMA by the buyer. [46351/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been approached by, or on behalf of, farmers seeking to harvest fodder on lands under NAMA’s control; and if so, the way NAMA has responded; NAMA’s position on such requests; and if NAMA has communicated its position to its borrowers. [23952/13]

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: ...at a very high price. A recent parliamentary question submitted by Sinn Féin to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government revealed that in the more than three years of NAMA, only 263 of a promised 3,949 units have been delivered for local authority use. We face one of the biggest housing crises the State has ever seen and if the Government continues to...

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

Seán Crowe: ...there could be a wait of up to six years. One of the most obscene things that happened as a result of the madness of the property boom is that there is empty accommodation across the State under NAMA when there are people sitting on the housing lists for years. There are no ghost estates in my area but there is empty accommodation. I do not know if it would be suitable for families but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion with Asia Matters (30 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: ...will be no cultural issues, depending on which part of the world the students come from. In Tallaght there are apartment blocks which would be suitable for student accommodation. They are in NAMA. Joined-up thinking makes sense but the problem is that we are not very good at it within the Government or anywhere else. Mr. Murray outlined several steps. It would be useful if he set down...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: .... He also correctly asserted that schoolchildren and rural communities were more important than the bondholders of Europe, the €70 million EU Presidency bill or the €28 million legal bill for NAMA. Alternatives to closures and amalgamations must be considered along with the possibility of repopulating existing schools rather than constantly expanding already larger schools, often...

Higher Education Funding (23 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: ...needed. For example, there has been an increase of 30% in the number of students entering the Institute of Technology Tallaght, which is located beside many empty properties under the control of NAMA, and there should be joined-up government in respect of using those resources. The Minister must be the driver of change in this regard and must pull in his colleagues. Such opportunities...

Third Level Courses (19 Jan 2012)

Seán Crowe: ...be available. One issue which may not be an issue for the Minister's Department but another Department is accommodation supports for foreign students. A lot of accommodation is available through NAMA. We need some joined up thinking in the sector which will enhance its consolidation and growth.