Results 161-180 of 262 for nama speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...housing 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 working closely with NAMA with the aim of ensuring that a significant number of housing units are made available in this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. Since December 2011 NAMA have identified over 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...website - The Committee has met on ten occasions since it was established in June 2011 and has harnessed the input of members representing the banking, construction, and local authority sectors as well as NAMA and residents. To date, my Department has made allocations totalling some €3.5 million to local authorities to address immediate safety issues. The types of works that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...a range of housing 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 working closely with NAMA with the aim of ensuring that a significant number of housing units are made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA have identified over 3,700 units from their portfolio to be considered for social housing. Of those: - 580 are in Dublin City Council's functional area, - 18 in South Dublin County Council; - 200 in Fingal County Council, and - 301 in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. It should be noted that the properties under consideration are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: We must use the various methods at our disposal, and that includes the NAMA units. We have to pay for those NAMA units; it does not give them to us. It did come up to over 3,000 because it identified other units. We will bring them over the line as quickly as we can do so but there is a cost to the public purse for every NAMA unit we purchase. NAMA is required to give a return to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: NAMA will not give us properties. If it has money and that can be used in some way or other to benefit people I am in favour of it but in terms of it giving us money to buy properties, if that is what the Deputy is suggesting, unfortunately, that cannot be done under its legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...has not all been drawn down yet. I chair an ongoing committee on unfinished estates and we have required the local authorities to have site resolution plans for the estates in their various areas. NAMA attends those meetings as well. Some of the estates are under NAMA while others are not, and NAMA is carrying out the same kind of programmes as the local authorities. In terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (13 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities. NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...of housing 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). The Department recently advised Kerry County Council that funding will provided for the construction of three single instance rural dwellings over the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...with the Government’s response to the recommendations. The NCC includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA and the construction sector and 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: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Oct 2012)

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

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...economics which I wish we could implement but which, unfortunately, we cannot. We must work within the existing system in order to provide housing for people in whatever way possible. Given that NAMA must return a commercial reward for the taxpayer, we cannot simply ask it to supply houses to us at no cost. It just does not work like that.

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date NAMA has identified more than 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable for social housing by housing authorities. A further 594 have been withdrawn, usually by property owners as circumstances change, for example, when units have been sold or let privately and are no longer available. Another 2,010...

Other Questions: National Asset Management Agency (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Progress is being made. The establishment of the special purpose vehicle has speeded up the process. The Minister and I met representatives from NAMA on a number of occasions and this resulted in the establishment of the special purpose vehicle, which, as already stated, is speeding up the process. The houses in question will go to people who are on social housing lists. However, they must...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...of housing 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 working closely with NAMA with the aim of ensuring that a significant number of housing units are made available in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. Some 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities as to their suitability for social housing purposes. Of these, 190 are located in County Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...a range of housing 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).