Results 101-106 of 106 for nama speaker:Michael D'Arcy

Banking System: Statements (1 Apr 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: It is very important with regard to NAMA because property has already gone into NAMA where land has been de-zoned. The haircut we are discussing is already out of date and is on the way down. This is something both Ministers will have to sort out between them.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: ...situation where developers will be lobbying councillors, while planners, under instruction from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, will be seeking to dezone land, and NAMA will, as the Minister of State said, have the authority to make submissions at draft stage of local area plans. There is a conflict in all of this which leaves local authority members -...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: ...is no question that the problem of oversupply must be rectified, but we must be careful not to go too far in the other direction. An issue of great relevance to this debate is the madness that is NAMA. Having pursued the matter vigorously with the Minister for Finance, he confirmed to me that nothing will be made available to local authorities or communities from NAMA unless the full...

Tourism Industry: Motion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)

Michael D'Arcy: ...therefore, in competition with the taxpayer in the context of trying to provide people with a place to stay. In such circumstances, there is no way he can win. When the banks get their money from NAMA and do whatever it is they intend to do with the hotels they own, the man to whom I refer and others like him will still be trading. These are the people the Minister will be meeting during...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

Michael D'Arcy: ...new Ceann Comhairle my best wishes in respect of the office he now holds. "[G]overnment of the people, by the people, for the people" - these are the immortal words of Abraham Lincoln. What the NAMA legislation represents is government of the developers, by Fianna Fáil and the Greens, for the banks. It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to contribute to the debate on this legislation. The...

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Sep 2009)

Michael D'Arcy: ...The appeal from Deputies Flanagan and O'Keeffe, who sponsored the 2006 Bill, was to let it go to committee and if it could be improved, similar to what the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, said about the NAMA legislation, it would be. I am satisfied that Fine Gael would be prepared for that to happen but, from listening to the other side of the House it will not happen. The Bill is a considered...