Results 141-160 of 262 for nama speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We must get that balance right. In fairness to NAMA, it has put several million euro into restoring and bringing these various units up to a level where they can be taken over. We will continue to meet with NAMA. We have not met with it yet in 2013 but we will do so. We will ensure that we get the best possible dividend from it. I understand there are still a number of empty properties...

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----and we want to get as many of them as we possibly can. There is an economic dividend involved. NAMA is holding them in the sense that it does not have them to give away for free and we must be conscious of that.

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...not in a position to build them on the scale he mentioned. We have to use the various mechanisms available to address the needs of people in whatever way we can, whether it be acquiring units from NAMA, which we are doing, leasing arrangements and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, with which the Deputies are familiar. There is also the method I discussed with Deputy Catherine Murphy,...

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...it is accelerating. As he accepted, that is largely due to a couple of factors on which we have been working hard. The Minister, Deputy Hogan, and I met with the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, on a number of occasions last year. The special purpose vehicle is important because it involves gathering units into it which then can be passed on through the voluntary housing sector...

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate that Deputy Stanley has put forward suggestions. We are examining all of them. The difficulty with NAMA is that as part of its legislative remit it must return an economic dividend to the State. At the same time they have a remit on a social dividend.

Other Questions: NAMA Social Housing (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 193 together. Since December 2011, NAMA has identified 3,949 properties as being potentially available for social housing. The local authorities and the Housing Agency have been working systematically with NAMA to determine if there is a social housing demand for properties identified as potentially suitable for social housing, including the need...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...programmes, for the Government’s objective of sourcing and providing suitable residential units for use as social housing to be aligned with the commercial objectives of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). My Department and the Housing Agency are engaged with NAMA to ensure delivery of housing units for social purposes. My Department does not hold information on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...delivered through capital expenditure under the Social Housing Investment Programme; -300 transfers under the Mortgage to Rent Scheme; -some 4,000 units will be delivered under social leasing, including property transfers from NAMA, the Rental Accommodation Scheme and mortgage to lease. Final details regarding the level of funding which can be allocated to these projects during the year...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (30 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with the Government's response to the recommendations. The Committee includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA and the construction sector. Real progress is being made with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: .... Under section 9 of the Act, a person guilty of an offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both. To respond to an issue raised by Deputy Michael McNamara, the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 makes provision for the exchange of information between the Private Residential Tenancies Board, Department of Social Protection,...

Topical Issue Debate: Remedial Works in Housing Estates (23 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...group on unfinished housing developments, together with the Government's response to the recommendations. The committee is comprised of representatives from the banking sector, the local authorities, NAMA, and the construction sector, as well as my Department. I consider that harnessing these various areas of expertise in a collaborative approach will result in the most effective...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...a balance to be struck between incentivising private landlords and being prudent with public money. We must get that balance right. Deputy Phelan referred to vacant houses. We are working with NAMA to acquire properties that can be used for social housing through that agency. We are making some progress on that now. There were some delays but NAMA has now set up what is called a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with the Government's response to the recommendations. The Committee includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA and the construction sector. Real progress is being made with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (18 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The properties identified by NAMA for consideration for social housing purposes are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired. In the majority of cases properties remain in the ownership of the original borrowers. The remaining properties are controlled by receivers appointed by NAMA. Once a demand has been identified by the relevant local authority NAMA makes contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (13 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 122 and 123 together. To the end of November 2012, 133 housing units have been provided from the portfolio of units identified by NAMA. Of these units 49 are funded under leasing arrangements with the balance of units delivered (84) purchased with funds from the local authority social housing capital investment programme or by Approved Housing Bodies under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with the Government’s response to the recommendations. The Committee includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA and the construction sector. Real progress is being made with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are engaging regularly with NAMA and we push the agency all the time to ensure we get the best possible outcomes. We will put the various suggestions to NAMA. If we did not have a leasing system, there would be many more people on housing waiting lists. It is the most cost-effective way to house people in the current economic climate and we must use it. There are ongoing issues and we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since December 2011, NAMA has identified more than 3,800 properties as being potentially available for social housing. The local authorities and the Housing Agency are working systematically with NAMA to determine if there is a social housing demand for properties identified as potentially suitable for social housing, including the need for accommodation for those who are homeless. Where a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...units as possible will become occupied and will become homes for people. However, I make the point, of which the Deputy probably already is aware, that not all the unfinished houses are in NAMA. Indeed, only a relatively small proportion of them actually are in NAMA. It is a question of trying to provide for the existing need in as effective a way as possible. While I am unsure whether...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...of the overhang in the housing rental market, and their continuing deployment will further serve to relieve pressures for people in this sector. Furthermore, my Department has had on-going engagement with NAMA in order to provide units for social housing and a Steering Group comprising my Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA have been working together with housing authorities and...