Results 181-193 of 193 for nama speaker:Alan Kelly

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...investment. My Department will continue to prioritise the delivery of good quality social housing, including mainstream local authority housing construction this year, enhancing the role of the not-for-profit sector in the provision of social homes, and continuing to work with the National Asset Management Agency, the local authorities and approved housing bodies to maximise delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (2 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department is working closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and approved housing bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. Information in relation to the delivery of NAMA sourced units, including a full breakdown by county, of units delivered on quarterly basis, is available on the Housing Agency’s website: . Since the process began in December 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (30 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...from the Housing Agency; - 1 representative from Irish Water; - 1 representative from the National Transport Authority; and - 1 representative from the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). The Task Force meets approximately every two months in progressing its work under Action 2 of the Government's Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector.

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: More than 700 social housing units have been delivered to date thanks to this collaboration, and in excess of 1,000 units will have been delivered by the end of this year. I also wish to state that NAMA has made available virtually all of its housing stock to local authorities for social housing. However, not all of it was deemed suitable. Nevertheless, I state confidently that NAMA will...

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...change as a result of all this work, particularly with the aforementioned advocate groups, working with the banking institutions and with the Housing Agency. The Department also introduced in February 2014 on a national basis a mortgage-to-rent scheme for local authority households similar to that in place for private mortgages. My Department continues to work closely and successfully...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (23 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department works closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and approved housing bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing.Since the process began in December 2011, NAMA has identified some 5,294 residential properties controlled by its debtors and receivers under this initiative as being potentially available for social housing. Local authorities have confirmed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: ..., two projects with an estimated total cost of over €3.1 million have been approved, which will produce 24 units. In relation to future provision of social housing, information in relation to the delivery of NAMA sourced units for social housing, including a full breakdown by county of units delivered by quarter, is available on the Housing Agency’s website: A. NAMA...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...all social housing programmes for 2014 to be in the region of 6,000 new housing units as set out in the following table. Delivery method Number Rental Accommodation Scheme 2,500 Leasing, including: 400 NAMA sourced properties and 350 Mortgage to Rent Scheme 1,200 Social Housing Investment Programme 200 Capital Assistance Scheme 275 Regeneration 230 Voids 1,800 ...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: ...caused by rising rents and the problems of sourcing suitable accommodation, particularly in Dublin, but also in other urban areas and large towns. I am looking at all finance options. NAMA released its report today on social housing provision and it has made a commitment to deliver in this area, a commitment it has not made before. I will set very defined objectives and strategies. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: By the end of June 2014 the overall total delivery nationally of social housing from NAMA-sourced units has reached 736 units (completed or contracted) since the process began, with a further 603 properties considered as being active transactions whereby terms are agreed or active negotiation is on-going by all parties concerned or where a detailed appraisal (i.e. determining the most likely...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (16 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: 321 units of accommodation were originally identified by NAMA in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area as being potentially suitable for social housing. Following that initial identification, 142 units were subsequently confirmed as being unavailable while 49 were considered unsuitable by reference to sustainable planning and housing policy or were located in areas with no demand. By the end...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Alan Kelly: ...through an extraordinary journey during those years. Among other things, we have had to deal with pension levies, the Croke Park and Haddington Road agreements, promissory notes, Anglo Irish Bank, NAMA and mortgage arrears. Not too long ago there were rocketing interest rates on our bond yields. In 2007, we never thought we would have such problems. Greedily, we thought growth would...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Alan Kelly: .... What is the current position on the hotels to which I refer? Some hundreds of millions were spent and wasted and many of these hotels have either gone out of business, have been taken over by NAMA or remain in existence purely in order to retain the tax breaks. In normal circumstances such hotels would be unable to trade. It is in such establishments that people can avail of bed and...