Results 21-39 of 39 for nama speaker:Joan Collins

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Joan Collins: ...is the key factor. That has been the failure of both the previous and the current Governments. When I was a member of Dublin City Council in 2010 and 2011, I tabled an emergency motion regarding NAMA handing over properties. We had a housing crisis then at that level. A member of the Labour Party, Deputy Eric Byrne, produced a leaflet in 2010 stating that Dublin was in the grip of a...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Joan Collins: ...jurisdiction is not taking a much more investigative approach to Project Eagle. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, said there is no need for an investigation as there is no alleged wrongdoing by NAMA, which is a very broad statement to make. We know there are serious questions about the role of Frank Cushnahan, who was appointed to the Northern Ireland advisory committee by the...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Joan Collins: ...by the establishment of a new public agency outside the Government sector to focus on planning, financing and delivery of social housing. The agency could co-ordinate the work of local authorities, housing associations and NAMA, but, crucially, it could borrow off-balance sheet to develop the substantial amount of State-owned land suitable for development, especially around Dublin....

Homelessness: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: ...from €1,300 to €1,600, a 23% increase. There are many people in the complex on rent supplement and many people who are privately renting. Only weeks ago these apartments were transferred from NAMA to IRES REIT, backed by a foreign investor. These people are being regarded as cash cows now as opposed to people who need a home to live in. These investors are coming in and...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: ...review. The man told me it was an incredible rise justified in the notice as reflective of the current market value. One of the biggest gripes in this instance is that ownership of the apartments was transferred only weeks ago from NAMA to I-RES REIT, backed by a foreign investor who is just coming in to grab profits. People are facing huge increases in their rents. With these impacts...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (3 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: ...s lives. I wish to put on the record of the House the details of an e-mail I received from people in an apartment block in Crumlin. The developer went into receivership and the apartments were in NAMA but were taken over by a vulture capital company. Tenants received notice that rent was to increase from €1,300 per month to €1,600 within 28 days and this will have a big...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: The Minister did not answer two of the questions I put. Will NAMA be part of that discussion on Thursday? It should be, because it is the biggest property owner almost in the world. In regard to Fr. Scully House, why are those 90 units not handed over immediately?

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Joan Collins: ...family and his friends. The best thing we can do is to do something about the situation he faced on the streets night after night. When one contrasts what happened yesterday with the fact that NAMA, the largest state-owned property company in the world, is sitting on property, we can only ask why this happened. The Minister has called a summit on Thursday. Will he invite the CEO of...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Joan Collins: ...anymore. We have had three years of a Labour Party-Fine Gael Government and watched this crisis develop. I remember in 2010 putting forward a motion at a Dublin City Council meeting calling for NAMA properties to be brought under local authority control because of the looming housing crisis. The crisis has not happened in the last month. It has been developing for the past six years,...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: It seems that a profitable company, with the backing of its directors, went to NAMA to discuss a management buy-out. It appears that as a result of difficulties experienced after that time, it was not possible for the company to exercise that buy-out. There is something wrong with that process, to my mind. Why would a profitable company not be able to complete such a buy-out? I want...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: ...sponsor than the cigarette and alcohol companies. We should support these types of local businesses as much as possible. I am not sure whether it is in the Minister's power to intervene with NAMA and with the examinership process. In any event, he has an opportunity this evening to explain to the workers what is happening.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Joan Collins: ...streets has increased from eight to 16 per month while five children a week are going homeless. The Government has allowed this to happen over the past three years. Five years ago I tabled a motion before Dublin City Council calling for NAMA properties to be taken over by local authorities. We knew the crisis was beginning at the time and now we are witnessing the naked face of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: ...pressure at the moment without having to take on rent allowance. Between 90,000 and 100,000 families in the State are on housing waiting lists but the Minister of State referred to 397 units from NAMA, 800 voluntary housing units, 185 new builds and a total of 285 units in Dublin city between 2013 and 2016. It is a disaster. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, a member of the...

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Joan Collins: ...taking the action to liquidate IBRC, the Government has a responsibility to treat these workers fairly and squarely. At minimum, the workers should be included in the transfer of undertakings to NAMA or continue to work for the liquidator. Agreed severance terms should be fully honoured. One worker pointed out to me that while he was aware that IBRC's future was limited and that as the...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Joan Collins: ...and could be invested in social and job-creation initiatives in our communities. It could be used to finance schools building projects, support community projects, etc. In addition, some of the properties in NAMA's pool that are sitting idle could be given to communities and used to create jobs. Such a development would inject life into these communities. Some €70 billion is held...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2012)

Joan Collins: ...of council houses, by leasing arrangements with private landlords or by discussions with the National Assets Management Agency; if he will provide details of any agreements already in place with NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31265/12]

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Joan Collins: ...the bank would have to buy the property. There is a figure from the Department of Finance of €14 billion to reduce mortgages in line with actual value, but this is nothing compared to the cost of NAMA and the bank bailout. Independent economists question this figure. If the write-down was restricted to the average family home or apartments and buy to let examples and trophy homes were...

Residential Mortgage Debt: Motion (Resumed) (4 May 2011)

Joan Collins: ...to local authorities last year in their budgets for house building. Instead, it provided a second bailout to developers and landlords. It is also scandalous and insane that the State, through NAMA, has purchased some €35 billion worth of property, much of it residential. Last year, I placed a motion before Dublin City Council calling for NAMA to hand over residential properties to...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (5 Apr 2011)

Joan Collins: .... We will be forced into the 2013 EU bailout package which involves debt restructuring. This will expose Irish banks which hold €11 billion in Irish sovereign bonds and €11.5 billion in NAMA bonds. Second, the banks are reliant on the State guarantee. Can the Central Bank maintain emergency liquidity funding? Third, major questions arise regarding Ireland's ability to grow out of...