Results 21-40 of 59 for nama speaker:Ivana Bacik

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Ivana Bacik: ...for the Minister to debate the matter with us. Senator Mullins, who was one of the many Senators to speak on this issue, sensibly suggested it would be more appropriate for the board of NAMA to be brought before the Committee of Public Accounts or the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform to be interrogated and to answer questions. That appears more appropriate to me....

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Ivana Bacik: Such investigations are solely matters for the Garda Síochána. Any person who has information that might be useful should make it available to the Garda. People have been critical of the NAMA legislation. I think that is fair. There are specific offences under the NAMA Act in relation to the inappropriate disclosure of confidential information.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...Deputy Alan Shatter, will be in the House to deal with two other issues today, but we will not have time for a debate on policing also. Senator Paul Coghlan welcomed the €2 billion investment by NAMA, as announced today. We all very much welcome it, particularly the fact that NAMA anticipates the investment will lead to the creation of 25,000 direct jobs and 10,000 additional jobs. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...raised the issue of building standards and we could usefully have a debate on that, and I will inquire when the Coroners Bill 2007 will come before the House? Senator Gilroy called for a debate on NAMA and welcomed the €2 billion investment that NAMA has announced. It would be useful to have a debate on NAMA and review it, particularly as it moves into this new phase of operation, the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Ivana Bacik: The bank guarantee Bill and the NAMA Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Ivana Bacik: ...Order of Business. It is very important that Senators remain for the Leader's response. That is a courtesy and as leaders we must all support it. Yesterday some colleagues called for a debate on NAMA and the amount paid to legal firms by that body. I raised this matter some weeks ago in terms of procurement of legal and accountancy services and it is one on which we could usefully have...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Ivana Bacik: It has a history of rushing in legislation. The previous Government rushed through the bank guarantee and NAMA legislation.

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...response to the questions and statements of spokespersons. They covered a wide range of topics. I also thank the Minister for clarifying that information on the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, will be made available to Members. I do not know whether all colleagues were aware that there would be a hotline, as it were, to NAMA. The report of the new fiscal council is due in...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...another one given the figures published today. I thank Senator Keane for a very constructive contribution on the matter in which she spoke of the need to link the refuges which are full with empty NAMA buildings. Senators Keane, Paul Coghlan and Barrett called for a debate with the Minister of State with responsibility for housing, Deputy Penrose, on NAMA, which is one we should have as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: We are not debating the Senator's Bill, but No. 12, motion No. 7. I will ask the Leader about having those debates on housing and NAMA with the Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, and on domestic violence with the Minister, Deputy Shatter. However, regretfully I cannot accept the amendment to the Order of Business today, given the business before the House today.

Seanad: Arts Plan: Statements (21 Sep 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...strong ideas have been put forward and I hope the Minister will bear these in mind when devising and developing arts strategy. I ask the Minister about creating a formal structure, not just with NAMA, as has been suggested, but with individual developers to ensure spaces can be made available at reduced rents or lower rates for arts activities, events and work. It would be a creative use...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...in September. Clearly, the bonus culture is one of those issues. Senator Darragh O'Brien also raised issues about pension schemes in the public sector, in particular pension schemes for NTMA and NAMA employees. Again, these would be useful issues to debate with the Minister for Finance in the House. Senator Clune raised the issue of the census and electoral reform, which was also raised...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...matters in the House before the end of July to consider legislation. Senator Jim Walsh raised similar issues to others and seconded Senator Mark Daly's amendment to the Order of Business on the NAMA Bill, which is accepted. Senator Paul Coghlan asked for the Ministers for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Environment, Community and Local Government to come before the House to discuss...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Ivana Bacik: ...topic, as well as the environment and the charges Senator O'Brien mentioned. Most pressingly, we need to have a debate on the economy. Yesterday, for example, some Senators sought a debate on NAMA, while I sought a debate on white collar crime, particularly in the absence of any prosecutions arising from the banking scandal. The need for a debate on the economy has been thrown into...

Seanad: National Recovery Plan 2011-2014: Motion (30 Nov 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...to the need to ensure adequate credit flows to the small businesses which can support job creation, even during the recession. These businesses are being starved of credit. During the debate on NAMA, the Minister for Finance promised that a credit ombudsman mechanism would be established. France has established a very successful independent ombudsman model to which small businesses can...

Seanad: Banking Reports: Statements (15 Jun 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...narrowed the eventual resolution options for the failing institutions and increased the State's potential share of the losses. Again, to put it bluntly, this meant we were on a road that led to NAMA. At paragraph 1.27 the report says it should have been clear at the time the open ended guarantee was provided that the two institutions were on the road to insolvency, and another key point,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (2 Mar 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...called for a debate on banking. We are seeing the cost of the bailout of Anglo Irish Bank, in particular, rise at an alarming rate. We see the great concerns about the costs we will incur through NAMA. We have seen Postbank going to the wall. It is worth reflecting on our failures to regulate efficiently and effectively in the past to ensure our banking sector did not get carried away...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Feb 2010)

Ivana Bacik: ...credit by banks on unreasonable and unjustifiable grounds can appeal to an independent mechanism to have the decision overturned. I was reminded of this by news reports on the IMF's view of NAMA and a newspaper report yesterday on a small bakery business in Dublin city centre which was refused credit by a major bank on what appear to be most unreasonable grounds. This is the type of real...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...House about the leaking of announcements from AIB and a need for a debate on control of the banks and who in them is calling the shots. It is extraordinary, in the wake of the lengthy debates on NAMA we had last week, that the taxpayer is shouldering the entire risk but the State, which should act in the public interest, cannot assert any control over who is appointed to the boards of the...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Motions (12 Nov 2009)

Ivana Bacik: ...expressing regret that the Minister did not accept more amendments from the Labour Party, Fine Gael and the Opposition in general. The Labour Party had and continues to have serious concerns about NAMA as an institution. I do not wish to rehash them but the main concern pertains to the level of risk taken on by the taxpayer. However, the Labour Party also expressed concerns during the...