Results 21-40 of 47 for nama speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Durkan said, what we need is a long-term plan. We do not need falsities and pipedreams. We need a short-term programme in the context of modular housing and emergency accommodation. However, as Deputy McDonald will know, NAMA offered 5,753 properties to local authorities and only 1,068 of them were taken up, which shows there is a deep-rooted problem in local authorities when it comes...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What is Mr. Daly's reaction to what was said in the Dáil last week regarding NAMA's handling of this?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has the investigation into the law practice at the centre of this and has the Law Society of Northern Ireland approached NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will NAMA go?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...and the sale had a potential impact on the economy of Northern Ireland. Does Mr. Daly understand where the committee is coming from in terms of trying to see why the committee members might want NAMA to go before them?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Mr. Daly accept that it would be a reasonable request for the committee to ask NAMA to go before it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...loss of €280 million is something on which the taxpayer would expect us to drill down. I wish to focus on how the matter has been handled, in particular in the fall-out in the past week. Does NAMA accept that there could be a better way of dealing with the issue in terms of the public perception of how it is carrying out its work? The allegation that has been made is that NAMA is...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of page 2 the partner who signed off on the letter said: “On a personal note and by way of further background, I personally had responsibility and initiated the very first loan portfolio sale that NAMA completed (in 2012 to Morgan Stanley)”. He wrote that letter to the then Northern Ireland Minister of Finance and Personnel, who on foot of it subsequently contacted the...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...the then Northern Ireland Minister of Finance and Personnel, Mr. Wilson, he said “Subsequent to those discussions, I have received the enclosed letter from Brown Rudnick, who will be known to NAMA. They were instrumental in introducing me to two potential investors in the NAMA loan book.” Do we know who they were?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Could I ask Mr. Daly whether NAMA received any correspondence or representations from the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel on the matter?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In relation to what Mr. Reid said where the letter dated 24 June 2013 was subsequently replied to on 25 July 2013 where this jurisdiction's Minister for Finance referred it on to NAMA. Did NAMA receive any further correspondence from the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (9 Jul 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I know that. We also know a letter was received. The company was instrumental in introducing NAMA to two potential investors interested in the NAMA loan book.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of the Comptroller and Auditor General? Has the Comptroller and Auditor General received any expressions of concern from Members of the Oireachtas that something untoward might have happened in NAMA?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The local authorities have revised their local area plans and county development plans, and any changes in zoning would have an impact on values. Has NAMA made submissions to county development plans and local area plans with a view to retaining zoning?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is NAMA in discussions with local authorities on these low-value properties?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I made some points about social housing in Dublin. How proactive are the other four local authorities in Dublin and its hinterland regarding assessing NAMA's asset base to see what else it might have? Mr. McDonagh mentioned a hotel that was offered to them a few years ago, priced at €3 million, and which is probably now worth €4 million. Has NAMA offered them anything else to...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What stock level has NAMA behind this, or is that it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes. NAMA mentioned the hotel somewhere in south County Dublin. This was in the public arena from last week. Is the hotel to be transferred to Dublin City Council?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: As a matter of interest, has NAMA offered other similar facilities to the authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am really interested in emergency accommodation. Am I right is saying NAMA has previously offered hotels to the Dublin local authorities? Have they been refused?