Results 21-36 of 36 for nama speaker:Brendan Howlin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (10 Jan 2013)

Brendan Howlin: It will be a balance. I have held discussions with my colleague, the Minister for Finance, regarding these issues. The NAMA suite of companies - I will not list them all or their acronyms - operate in a very challenging commercial and economic environment. They handle deals that are commercially sensitive on a real-time basis. Important safeguards that ensure the well being of the State...

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Budget Statement 2013 (5 Dec 2012)

Brendan Howlin: Following agreement between the housing bodies and NAMA, I expect the flow of properties from NAMA for social housing to increase significantly next year and an additional €10 million will be allocated to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure we make real progress in delivering these units to those on social housing lists who need them. A range of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...bodies will be brought within remit as a result of my legislative proposals. Subject to specific conditions, this will include, for example, An Garda Síochána, public financial bodies (NTMA, NAMA, NPRF, and the NDFA), the Central Bank of Ireland, public bodies with important regulatory, quasi-judicial and investigative functions (to include the Office of the Refugee Applications...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (10 Oct 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...legislation will be extended to a number of high profile public bodies previously entirely outside of the scope of the Act, including An Garda Síochána, public financial bodies, including the NTMA, NAMA, NPRF, and the NDFA, the Central Bank of Ireland, public bodies with important regulatory, quasi-judicial and investigative functions, to include the Office of the Refugee...

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ..., I would point out to the Deputy that this Government successfully renegotiated significant elements of the Programme – for example the Jobs Initiative, the ending of further asset transfers to NAMA, reversal of the Minimum Wage cut, the provision that fiscal measures specified in the programme could be substituted by others of equally good quality and we successfully renegotiated the...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Dec 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The question of putting in place a policy in relation to rents receivable by Government Departments and associated bodies on the lines adopted by NAMA is under consideration in my Department in consultation with potentially affected Departments.

Written Answers — Public Service Recruitment Embargo: Public Service Recruitment Embargo (16 Nov 2011)

Brendan Howlin: ...for 2 Temporary Appeals Officers Appeal Officer 2 Pending C&AG Vacancies at various Grades 4 PO, 4.7 AP, 14.5 HEO/EO, 1.7 CO (Total 24.9) 24.9 Approved 15-Mar-10 24.9 Extra responsibilities e.g. NAMA, new Accounting Standards, extra work on Revenue account 1 Director of Audit Assistant Sec level 1 Approved 30-Apr-10 1 Scale of operations and complex issues involved. Trainee Auditor to...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: ...fund is being wound down and does not have a long-term future. It will stay with the Minister for Finance because essentially it is a funding mechanism rather than an agency of State. Regarding NAMA and its remit, NAMA will remain under the aegis of the Minister for Finance. The board and its members were already dealt with in an amendment and I will have a role in determining those....

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister for Finance will retain NAMA.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: ...salary, and that nobody in the commercial semi-State sector should earn more than €250,000. The exception to that will be the National Treasury Management Agency and its subsets, one of which is NAMA. Deputy Fleming will be much more familiar with this than I am. Did he participate in the famous all-night sitting on the NAMA legislation?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy was not part of that. He was spared that ordeal. As he is aware, the NAMA legislation was passed by this House during an all-night session. I remind the Deputies opposite who spoke about rushed legislation that it was decided that the NAMA Bill could not wait until daylight. It had to be passed during the night. Deputy Wallace will be aware that a Wexford man - Dr. Bacon - was...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jun 2011)

Brendan Howlin: It is a matter primarily for the Minister for Finance, who is responsible for NAMA. He will ensure it continues to function in the best interests of the economy. I am sure the Minister, Deputy Noonan, will make any changes that are required in that context.

Adjournment Debate Matters (24 Feb 2010)

Brendan Howlin: ...of the likely effect of this section on new rentals, the consequences of not applying this provision to pre-existing rentals, the consequences, if any, of the upward only provision in regard to NAMA valuations and the need for a national register of commercial rents; (11) Deputy Pat Breen - the impact the closure of local post offices, local Garda stations and local farming offices is...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed). (4 Nov 2009)

Brendan Howlin: -----pertain to the Oireachtas committee on NAMA and the oversight of NAMA.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

Brendan Howlin: ...in this case, it is a big risk. That is the view of capitalism and those who have been recognised internationally as the main spokespeople for the capitalist economy. What is proposed, however, in NAMA is that the State will overpay by design for so-called distressed assets on the basis of a new economic concept that I never heard before - the hope dividend. The new concept for economic...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: ...protecting Ireland's position, while having the generosity to ensure the dependence of the developing world on agriculture is fully recognised. I want to mention the non-agricultural market access, NAMA, issue. As an exporting country, Ireland wants ambitious market-opening opportunities for all our exports, particularly in respect of opportunities for the pharmaceuticals, chemicals,...