Results 41-51 of 51 for nama speaker:Paudie Coffey

Local Authority Housing (17 May 2011)

Paudie Coffey: What the Minister of State has said is fine, but I ask him to exercise caution in taking over NAMA estates for social housing purposes.

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...commenced. If those units commence, it will obviously affect the matching of population projections with vacant houses and will need to be taken into account. The Minister of State also mentioned NAMA. The agency is only taking account of the properties and developments valued at more than €5 million. There has been little debate about the smaller developers who may have built ten or...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: .... The Minister of State may correct me if I am wrong but the thrust of this change in the law is due partly to the legacy of incomplete developments. It will afford some leeway to developers or NAMA to ensure over time that developments which have been commenced but not finished are given appropriate time for completion. A balanced view would suggest it is better to give that time...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...'s investment to keep the banking structures going. A rise in mortgage rates is now on the horizon. We see also that many businesses are going to the wall. To be frank about it, at this stage NAMA appears to be one of the biggest con acts of the century. People deserve to know exactly what is going on and who are the real benefactors of this restructuring of the banking sector because...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...this whole area. What is the present position regarding zoning? Is the Government introducing this amendment because there are problems around the interpretation of zoning? During the debate on NAMA, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government signalled there will be de-zonings in many areas. Does the amendment address an anomaly in the existing law concerning de-zoning?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...respect of the National Asset Management Agency? It is strange that these appointments and announcements, which affect our economic reputation both at home and abroad, are made the week after the NAMA legislation was passed by the Oireachtas. The Government and the banks must be up-front with the public because the decisions they are making will have a knock-on effect on everybody's...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...the banking collapse. I also want to acknowledge the efforts of the Fine Gael Party and especially Deputy Richard Bruton, who has provided an alternative. We are being consistently told that NAMA is the only show in town. We did not have the numbers to put our show on the road, which was the good bank and bad bank recovery model. That was a realistic proposal and an alternative for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...with Senators MacSharry and Callely that Members from both sides of the House have been calling consistently for debates that relate to people's lives, such as house repossessions, job losses, NAMA and the economic future of this country. The Fine Gael leader's decision this weekend has cast a strong spotlight on the workings of this House. I get frustrated when I look at the Order of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...Bill is probably too little too late. I do not want to go into the National Asset Management Agency debate but I am sure this Bill will have serious implications for lands taken under control by NAMA. We talk about transparency but it is important the implications of NAMA on zoned lands that will be taken over by NAMA are transparent and put into the public domain as soon as possible for...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...renewable sources. The Government should invest in the renewables area now to reduce our overdependence on imported oil and gas. The man on the street believes the Government's establishment of NAMA is the biggest gamble ever taken by a Government. The values of the assets the agency will take on are not known. People are aware these are inflated assets which the Government is buying...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Paudie Coffey: I, too, support the calls for a debate on NAMA, the proposal for which seems to be half-baked given that those charged with the operation of the agency are unsure of the criteria and terms of reference under which they are expected to work. I ask the Leader to extend the debate to include the whole banking system and the manner in which the banks are demanding the mortgage repayments owed to...