Results 61-80 of 306 for nama speaker:Mick Wallace

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: NAMA Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the NAMA policy, agreed in March 2015, of deleting emails of staff one year after they have left the agency; if he has had discussions with officials in his Department or with the NAMA board regarding this ongoing policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14033/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: NAMA Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: This question relates to NAMA's email policy, which allows it to delete all emails of staff one year after they have left the agency. This policy was applied retrospectively and, coincidentally, came into effect one month before NAMA was to become subject to freedom of information. I wrote to the Minister about this matter on 8 February and his response was that he would look into it. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: NAMA Operations (27 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: The truth is that NAMA can delete what it likes and that is what it is doing. The policy of deleting staff emails 12 months after they have left the agency is not in line with the approach of any similar organisation in the public sector. No other State agency has this policy. According to the National Management Treasury Agency, NTMA, NAMA's parent agency, it has no set timeframe...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Board (27 Mar 2018)

Mick Wallace: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appointments to the Board of NAMA advertised in January 2018; if he has considered appointing persons with the requisite skill in construction and real estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13940/18]

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...It has become too big a problem for too many people as they try to put a roof over their heads. Some institutions have a cartel, particularly in Dublin, and since REITs came in we have turned a blind eye to NAMA selling all its property to them for peanuts. We took this issue up with the then Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, who spoke of the professional landlord taking over...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (30 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his dealings with the European Commission Director General for Competition regarding the state-aid complaint concerning NAMA and its involvement in the private sector; when he expects a decision will issue from the EU regarding same; if NAMA and his Department are working together on this issue; his views on whether comments by An Taoiseach in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (30 Jan 2018)

Mick Wallace: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a statement (details supplied) by An Taoiseach on NAMA; his policy on NAMA and its role in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/18]

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...needs to be looked at. Currently, it is only an offence under the FOI Act to destroy a record after a request has been received in relation to that record. We have a situation, for example, where NAMA can destroy all the emails of staff 12 months after they have left and it is not illegal. Is that right? Should it be that way? Does the Minister agree this is information that is in the...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: The previous Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, gave permission for NAMA to destroy information a year after staff had left. Would the Minister consider looking at that, if he was not aware of it? I get the impression from the Minister's previous reply that he thinks information should be on record. It is in the public interest that it is available. NAMA is a public body. Would the...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: There is potential for Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, to be a positive development. I do not, however, see any rationale for NAMA's involvement in HBFI other than in relation to how money might be provided off the books. On several occasions in this House I have heard Members speak about availing of the expertise available in NAMA on housing. It is well known that it does not have...

Other Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: Although finance for builders is a good idea, is it correct that approximately 8% is being proposed? Will NAMA have any involvement? As Members know, none of the houses in which NAMA has had an involvement will be sold at an affordable price. It is considering a minimum of approximately €350,000, which is not an affordable price for most people in Ireland who need a house and cannot...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Technological Universities (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: I believe this land was with my good friends in NAMA. A price was agreed and a deposit was paid. A deal was done but somewhere along the route the loans got shifted to a vulture fund. NAMA literally sold the land to a vulture fund, despite a deal having been done with the Higher Education Authority, HEA. How can the Government allow this to happen? It is madness. Carlow IT has gone on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Technological Universities (6 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...I believe it is more than 40 acres. They sold it to a private developer for peanuts. Why did the State not look at that? Will the Minister of State find out for me if the HSE deal was done with NAMA or was it done with the vulture fund? Who gazumped them? Was it NAMA or was it a vulture fund? They paid a deposit. The second contract was not signed, but a deal was done. Were they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Data (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of NAMA staff that have taken voluntary redundancy to date in 2017; the number of staff expected to take voluntary redundancy in 2018 and 2019; his views on the number of redundancies taken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (30 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his dealings to date with the EU director general for competition with regard to a State aid complaint regarding the use of NAMA funding for residential and commercial development; if his Department or NAMA has been in contact with the five developers that submitted the complaint; when a decision will issue from the director general on this issue; and if he...

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...overall regulation of maintaining records so each Department has its own system. While the Charleton tribunal has the powers to compel the production of evidence, these powers are of little use where the evidence never existed. NAMA is a perfect example. It now has a policy of deleting the emails of staff one year after they have left the agency. This should be illegal but,...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...do not even know that. Given that this bank was on its back and dead and the people paid for its recovery, how does this represent the people when it is not what they would want? What is happening with the NAMA inquiry? Will the Department of Finance give the documents to this inquiry or will it behave in a similar manner to that of the Department of Justice and Equality? Is Mr....

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...in the country. The point I made is that these guys have gotten hold of an incredible number of properties that have been made available to rent in Dublin city. They bought them in bulk from NAMA and from the banks. They are buying an incredible proportion of what has become available in the last few years. They are having an incredible impact on the system. One of the most...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...listening to the latest report from Hibernia REIT boasting about the incredible money it is making. People might not have noticed but we tabled amendments to the commission of investigation into NAMA that was set up under the auspices of Mr. Justice Cooke. We added in a third module to examine the establishment of the Hibernia REIT. It was set up in 2013 following a three-year stint at...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...for Finance in this House on 16 January 2014. I said to him:The Government might view real estate investment trusts, REITs, as a quick fix measure to get rid of properties on the books of ... NAMA and the banks, but questions must be asked about the increased corporatisation of property, with little financial gain for the State. REITs are not taxed on their rental income as long as they...