Results 101-120 of 256 for nama speaker:Enda Kenny

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Enda Kenny: I recognise that it is an offence under law to make connection with NAMA but I again point out to the Deputy that I am sure that the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General is utterly independent in the way it does its business. The personnel from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General serving on the board of NAMA are there for that purpose. NAMA operates under the aegis of...

Order of Business (11 Mar 2015)

Enda Kenny: We are moving forward with NAMA and money is being provided to renovate void units in Dublin in order to make them suitable for habitation. It is our intention to get on with that business, which is already under way. The planning and development (No. 1) Bill is due this session.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: ...was referred to by the Minister for Finance. He advised, not in respect of taxation issues, but in respect of the remuneration of senior executives and other issues of the strategy proposed by NAMA.

Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2015)

Enda Kenny: -----about the work that the person he appointed was asked to do, and that was in respect of the strategy proposed by NAMA. I remind the Deputy again that every time he speaks in the Chamber he has all the answers to all of the questions.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...allocated €2.2 billion for social housing and is bringing forward changes in flexibility in the planning legislation, with two Bills on the way. In addition, there has been an instruction to NAMA to assist in terms of the provision of both unfinished units and land for construction to take place. Money has been allocated for the improvement of up to 1,800 vacant units in Dublin...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----and a €10 million investment this year to kick-start the resolution on the remaining unfinished housing development. NAMA and the Government will respond in parallel to the budget to deal with the question of social housing.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Enda Kenny: -----on social housing, direct provision of housing by local authorities, the reconstruction of up to 1,800 units in Dublin, involvement with NAMA in providing opportunities for both finance and sites, and a planning Bill to stimulate the construction sector and to get back to a point at which we can build 20,000 to 25,000 houses per year. No matter what we do and no matter who is in...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...The answer to the Deputy's questions is that one will not deal with homelessness on the scale that exists in this city in particular without providing more housing, be it in the form of social housing, from NAMA or by some other means. The deadline that was originally envisaged in respect of free GP care will not be met. However, the Government is working on the matter with a sense of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...for which we are paying €45 million of taxpayers' money respond in kind here and that these are treated as an emergency situation and that we get on with the building of social housing - the NAMA units, the renovation of those boarded-up units and get the private sector to measure up here in terms of what we know it can do in terms of provision of adequate, affordable, warm,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: NAMA has offered 4,000 units and local authorities have already taken up 2,000 of these. We are now monitoring the progress on the 1,800 units to be fixed. However, we also need the private sector to step up to the mark.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is why NAMA has offered 4,000 units, although only 2,000 have been taken up. Fully 5,000 homes will be added to the social housing stock his year because the Government has a Minister of State with responsibility for housing. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, is working exceptionally hard right across the spectrum in this area. The position is quite distressing although we...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...some time occupied by families so they can be taken out of hotels and bed and breakfasts and given proper, warm and appropriate accommodation. I refer also to the question of the delivery, through NAMA and other agencies, of both ground and the opportunity to provide adequate housing for people. The House will be aware that €50 million was provided through the Department of the...

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: That is why some €88 million has gone into the coffers of the Minister of State with responsibility for housing for social housing. It is why NAMA wants to provide 4,500 houses over the next two to three years. It is why we want to see a return to the construction sector with the hopeful creation of 60,000 jobs between now and 2020.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...for the first time in quite a number of years there has been a return to direct build in the case of social housing. Admittedly, it is not of the scale we would like to see in trying to catch up. NAMA has a very substantial land bank in Dublin and other locations, some of which has been offered for acquisition for direct build. The question of the mix, design and type of houses one...

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: I would be the first to say that the public housing situation is not what it should be. The Minister for Finance has already made it clear that NAMA is offering 4,000 units that are available for housing.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ..., for the Deputy to say that the portfolios are going to outside hedge funds because he does not know whether the valuation set out will be achieved or not. If it is not, the loans are to go to NAMA, which is already regulated in the sense of adhering to both the contractual obligations and extra code of conduct requirements set out by the Central Bank. The Minister for Finance has made...

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...clear about this. It is a complex issue which warrants careful consideration. The Minister has written to the Central Bank outlining his concerns. If the bids do not reach the valuation, they pass to NAMA. NAMA complies fully with both the contractual obligations and codes of conduct set down by the Central Bank. As stated, repossession is the last thought in anybody's mind. The...

Other Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...are permitted to pay their mortgage at par value and there are no legislative barriers to that. If the bids received are not in excess of the valuation set out, the portfolio will be sold to NAMA. As I indicated to Deputy McDonald, in two previous cases in 2012 and 2013, the full compliance not only of the contracts applicable to the mortgages but also the extra code of conduct...

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...Central Bank are the basis of the instruction given by the Minister for Finance to the Department and the Central Bank to look at the option that might arise. Clearly it has been indicated that if NAMA were to acquire this portfolio of loans, it would apply best practice to them. I know this is of concern to the people involved and I have heard the public reports, but the Minister for...

Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...IBRC residential mortgage portfolio depends on the regulatory status of whoever acquires the portfolio at the end of the process. I am advised that, for instance, should the portfolio be sold to NAMA, it will be mindful of the general market norms that apply when determining its strategy for managing the portfolio. The Minister, Deputy Noonan, has instructed the Department of Finance to...