Results 41-45 of 45 for nama speaker:Leo Varadkar

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

Leo Varadkar: ...mentioned two former Fine Gael Party leaders, Alan Dukes and Garret FitzGerald. I respect both of them but they have not been right about everything in their careers and they are not right about NAMA. We have heard very little about the views of former Fianna Fáil leaders on this legislation. They have been silent but I am not surprised. The party's previous leader, Deputy Bertie...

Unemployment Levels: Motion. (16 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: ...case for a national investment bank - which we call a national recovery bank - capitalised by the State and funded by the ECB. It is largely the same concept. That is needed because it will take NAMA a long time to sort out the balance sheets and credit will not flow to business until that happens. Nationalisation will not sort out the balance sheets; nationalisation plus NAMA will be...

Small Claims (Protection of Small Businesses) Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: ...Bank. Crucially, this proposal does what no other proposal will do, namely, it will allow the immediate flow of credit to businesses, consumers and home buyers. Irrespective of whether we go for NAMA or nationalisation, everyone accepts it will take a number of years to clean up the balance sheets and that, therefore, credit, the life blood of the economy, will not flow freely for a...

Confidence in Government: Motion (9 Jun 2009)

Leo Varadkar: ...to observe the lack of success in nationalising Anglo Irish Bank, which has not lent any money in the past six months despite already costing us €7 billion. That is certainly not the solution. NAMA will lead to the inevitable nationalisation of Allied Irish Banks and possibly Bank of Ireland. We have put forward plans on employment, supporting businesses, competitiveness and health...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (28 Apr 2009)

Leo Varadkar: ...can sustain jobs and survive this storm. The way to do that is to do what is being done across the water in the UK and introduce a State guaranteed loan system for SMEs. One can choose to set up NAMA, have nationalisation of the banks, as the Labour Party proposes, or set up clean banks, as we propose. One can do any of those things but one still has to have a State guaranteed loan...