Results 81-100 of 193 for nama speaker:Alan Kelly

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am not saying that what NAMA did was necessarily wrong. What I am saying is that, in light of the minutes that are outlined, the committee cannot garner information on the decision-making process across those four variables because of the weakness outlined by Mr. Daly earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Alan Kelly: So NAMA was able to predict the outcome of the referendum?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...is going gambling and I will seek advice from him. In respect of Mr. Cushnahan - a Walter Mitty-type character who makes a considerable number of appearances throughout in the documentation - did NAMA ever enforce on any of the six or seven debtors that Mr. Cushnahan was-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Alan Kelly: Did Mr. Cushnahan submit a statement of interests to NAMA on an annual basis, as required under the 2009 code of governance regarding State bodies? Did he do it each year?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Alan Kelly: We can come back to that as needs be. When did NAMA tell the Department of Finance about the success fees and PIMCO?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...powers over and beyond the ones that currently lie in the Department. I will reiterate my belief, which I have stated here and before the housing committee, that banking rules, taxation policies, NAMA and the rent supplement scheme are all matters that should be governed by a housing Minister. Otherwise, the creation of such a title and such a Ministry will be pure tokenism. I gravely...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...Zone provisions of the Planning and Development Acts. The actions taken under Construction 2020are complemented by the ongoing implementation of the Social Housing Strategyand the plans by NAMA to fund the delivery of 20,000 residential units by 2020. Laying the Foundations: Housing Actions Report, which was published on 14 April 2016, provides further information on thirty-one major...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since December 2011, my Department together with the Housing Agency, local authorities, and approved housing bodies have been working with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in order to facilitate the provision of residential properties for social housing use. The properties under consideration are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired. In the majority of cases,...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...for housing has to come from elsewhere, whether from health, education, etc. I will not talk about any other topical issues at the moment. It is a time for big ideas and considerations. Between NAMA, the social housing strategy and the mixed-use developments that local authorities like Dublin City Council are pioneering, there will be major State intervention in the supply of housing....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: .... There is the area of social protection and the lever relating to rent supplement. I was very interested in Tuesday's contribution by the CCMA regarding that lever. There is the whole role of NAMA. Who has responsibility there? What is the future of NAMA? Should it be turned into a housing agency? I know many people have issues with NAMA. However, it is simply a fact that it...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...local authorities in particular will have to work on the policies and help to ensure their implementation to a greater degree. This committee should make some recommendations on the future role of NAMA. The members will be delighted to hear me say that. We must accept where NAMA came from and the boundaries of its commercial mandate. It was set up when the Chairman's party was in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (27 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) does not own or manage properties. NAMA’s role in relation to properties is that of a secured lender. Properties securing NAMA’s loans continue to be managed by their legal owners, or in the case of enforcement, on their behalf by duly appointed insolvency practitioners. While my Department is working closely with NAMA to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) does not own or manage properties. NAMA’s role in relation to properties is that of a secured lender. Properties securing NAMA’s loans continue to be managed by their legal owners, or in the case of enforcement, on their behalf by duly appointed insolvency practitioners. While my Department is working closely with NAMA to ensure that...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...on my Department's website - provides further information on 31 major actions taken across the housing spectrum in the past 21 months to increase the supply of housing, including social housing. NAMA is also playing its part and expects to fund the construction of up to 20,000 new residential units, predominantly in Dublin and the neighbouring counties, over the next five years. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...by between €20,000 and €40,000, depending on whether apartments or houses are being constructed. The measures should make more housing developments viable at more affordable prices. In addition, NAMA is aiming to deliver 20,000 residential units before the end of 2020, with 90% of these units to be in the greater Dublin area. With regard to the supply of social housing, the...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...proposed. While the idea may have merit, it could take years to develop and those years would be lost to the delivery of housing. Furthermore, the State has the Housing Agency, the Housing Finance Agency, NAMA, the Department and 31 separate local authorities. There has been a massive reorganisation of the housing section within the Department during the past year. I would, therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...of new apartment guidelines; and legislative amendments to introduce greater flexibility and streamlining to the Strategic Development Zone provisions of the Planning and Development Acts. In addition, NAMA is aiming to deliver 20,000 residential units before the end of 2020, with 90% of these units to be in the greater Dublin area. The Social Housing Strategy 2020sets out clear,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is already playing an important role in the delivery of social housing. To the end of December 2015, a total of 2,000 residential properties which are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired had been secured for social housing use . These comprise 1,426 completed properties and a further 574 that had been contracted and where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...approved housing bodies under the Scheme. In 2011, a process was established to identify units that could be used for social housing purposes from properties that are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired. NAMA sourced units are brought into social housing through existing delivery mechanisms, including SHCEP, and to date more than 2,000 units have been secured for social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: ...of new apartment guidelines; and legislative amendments to introduce greater flexibility and streamlining to the Strategic Development Zone provisions of the Planning and Development Acts. In addition, NAMA is aiming to deliver 20,000 residential units before the end of 2020, with 90% of these units to be in the greater Dublin area. The Government strategy to address housing supply is...