Results 41-44 of 44 for nama speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency (30 Jun 2011)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Senator Clune for bringing this matter to my attention and I will report the issues she raised directly to the Minister for Finance. NAMA has advised the Minister for Finance that the matter of unfinished estates is complex with no readily available solutions. Although NAMA must strive to achieve and set an overall strategy, solutions may need to be tailored individually to the...

Private Members' Business (3 Nov 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...for 20 years. They have low borrowings. They ran the business well and did not borrow during the boom. However, they are going out of business because they cannot compete with the big guys in NAMA who are not repaying their loans. These guys are cutting the market rate and a good, decent, honest hotel cannot survive in the face of such unfair competition. Why should this hotel go to...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...to the Bill. Transport issues have changed radically since the 1930s. We had out-of-control developers and bankers and a planning system which has led us to the appalling vista we have now in NAMA. The bankers, the builders and the planning were wrong. How many communities have no proper transport plans? They are legion. The provision of public transport services in Ireland is still...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...Minister, Deputy John Gormley, spoke a couple of years ago about what it was like for this country to be on Planet Bertie. He has since accepted the post of this Government's high priest, or Dalai NAMA, who offers absolution for the sins of builders and bankers at the altar of Fianna Fáil. The Green Party is in government with the most corrupt party in the history of the State. The...