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National Asset Management Agency Group

FOI Requests — 266 records (page 4 of 6)

  • Received 27 September 2017
    Decided 24 October 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-052
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence relating to an asset

  • Received 21 September 2017
    Decided 18 October 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-049
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Can you please send me on details of all residential properties (details of all registered charges) do NAMA own in Co Cork from 2008 to date, and also include details of what properties did NAMA offer to Cork County Council for social housing, or any other voluntary housing body since 2008, please contain the make of each residential property no of rooms charges on properties etc.

  • Received 27 September 2017
    Decided 18 October 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-050
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1. Can you please inform me on what residential properties did NAMA and NTMA own or have on its books in Co Cork from 2009 to the present date. and details of how these properties were managed, who were they allocated to or sold to and if sold then for how much were they sold for. 2. Can you inform me how many residential properties are now available in Passage West, Rochestown and Monkstown that belong or are under the control of NAMA and NTMA. 3. I would like details of the current situation of a property in Passage West Co Cork, can you please give details of how much a property is for sale for or has been sold for, and to whom has it been sold to. is it or was it NAMA property or NTMA property.

  • Received 29 September 2017
    Decided 29 September 2017
    Transferred
    Request Reference 2017-051
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All expenses invoices / credit card statements, submitted by a NAMA staff member, in his role as a NAMA employee, between 2010 - 2013.

  • Received 23 September 2017
    Decided 25 September 2017
    Transferred
    Request Reference 2017-048
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Copies of any reports, briefing documents, memoranda, or other such similar explanatory documents regarding the payment of €7.5 million to 91 staff who have exited the agency in 2016 and 2017.

  • Received 14 September 2017
    Decided 22 September 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-047
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Request for information to establish if a named person has any liabilities currently under the management of NAMA.

  • Received 22 August 2017
    Decided 18 September 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-043
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Details of all communications to and from the appointed receiver in respect of an asset.

  • Received 22 August 2017
    Decided 18 September 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-044
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Details of all communications to and from the appointed receiver in respect of an asset.

  • Received 24 August 2017
    Decided 11 September 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-046
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Sight of any condition of sale relating to the use or future use of a site sold by NAMA in 2010 or 2011.

  • Received 2 August 2017
    Decided 30 August 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-042
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    A copy of all investigation or inquiry reports prepared for or on behalf of NAMA arising from allegations made about the conduct of NAMA staff or agents working on its behalf with respect to the actual or proposed sale of assets (property or otherwise).

  • Received 27 July 2017
    Decided 23 August 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-041
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All internal reports, research, correspondence and other documentation underpinning statements made regarding land hoarding by senior Nama executives at the agency's annual report launch and at the Finance Committee.

  • Received
    Decided 4 August 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-038
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence relating to the sale of an asset.

  • Received 10 July 2017
    Decided 4 August 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-039
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Any internal memos dating between June 2011 and June 2013 referencing a NAMA Staff member and a named property portfolio, NAMA’s German property portfolio and data leaks.

  • Received 29 June 2017
    Decided 26 July 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-037
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Profit/Loss attributed by NAMA to individual debtors.

  • Received 27 June 2017
    Decided 24 July 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-035
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    (1) Correspondence between a NAMA staff member and 13 external parties dating between June 2011 and July 2012. (2) A detailed catalogue of all properties, classified by type and value, sold by NAMA, its receivers, or debtors acting on its behalf, in Germany between 2011 and June 2017.

  • Received 20 July 2017
    Decided 21 July 2017
    Transferred
    Request Reference 2017-040
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1) The amount that NAMA spent on purchasing work related mobile phones in the years 2015, 2016 and to-date in 2017; Also the number of mobile phones that were purchased in each of those years. (2) During the years mentioned the job title of staff members that were issued with work related mobile phones. (3) If during the years 2015, 2016 and to-date in 2017 did NAMA put out a public tender for the contract to supply work related mobile phones; if so the name of company that was awarded the contract eg Vodafone etc and the date when the current contract with that mobile phone company is due to expire eg 30 September 2017 etc. (4) The number of companies that applied in the years mentioned above for the contract of supplying work related mobile phones but were unsuccessful. (5) During those years were any staff member of NAMA up and including CEO ever issued with more than 1 work related mobile phone at any one occasion; if so who was that staff member, and reason why that staff member were issued with more than 1 mobile phone. (6) During those years did NAMA ever request a meeting with that mobile phone company to discuss that NAMA were getting best value for the taxpayer; if such a meeting existed could you supply me a copy of the minutes of such meeting. (7) If no meeting took place did NAMA just accept the first offer from that mobile phone company regarding the pricing structure that were being charged for the issuing of the phones.

  • Received 15 June 2017
    Decided 20 July 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-036
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Records relating to Project Eagle.

  • Received 21 June 2017
    Decided 18 July 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-034
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Classification by number and year of the 1,427 aggregate sales transactions, using the categories you listed: loan sales by Nama - by number and year; loan redemptions - by number and year; debtor asset sales- by number and year; receiver asset sales. - by number and year All completed credit proposal forms, notwithstanding debtor name redaction, in Nama’s records, concerning the five largest of the aggregate sales transactions (by euro value) in the overall pool of 1,427 completed credit proposal forms, notwithstanding debtor name redaction, in Nama’s records, concerning the five smallest of the aggregate sales transactions (by euro value) in the overall pool of 1,427.

  • Received 15 June 2017
    Decided 12 July 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-033
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Records relating to an asset.

  • Received 12 June 2017
    Decided 7 July 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-031
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    A detailed breakdown of the Project Tolka loan portfolio, classifying the portfolio by (1) the individual asset (property) sold - a description of same, including folio numbers where possible (2) original asset owner and financial institution associated when bought by NAMA (3 )original asset purchase price/valuation when loan bought by NAMA and the discount applied (4) asset sale price/valuation when sold by NAMA (5) how much capital in euro terms invested by NAMA in the original asset between purchase time and sale time of portfolio, and via whom this capital was invested, whether receiver or developer/debtor. (6) how much cash, if any, generated by asset for NAMA in interim period before loan purchase and asset sale.

  • Received 12 June 2017
    Decided 7 July 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-032
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1. Any Correspondence between NAMA and the Department of Finance officials and/ or Finance Minister Michael Noonan relating to Special Purpose Vehicles / Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS). This should concern companies with the following names;- Lone Star Funds, Starwood Capital, Blackstone, Oaktree Capital Management, Cerberus Capital Management, Goldman Sachs, Apollo Global Management, Deutsche Bank and CarVal Investors. 2. I am seeking this correspondence from dates ranging from January 2012 to December 2016 concerning the disposal of assets/ Commercial Real Estate under the ownership of NAMA which have been acquired/purchased by the aforementioned firms. The information I am requesting relates to companies which were enabled to operate under Section 110 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and that were registered as such. 3. The number of meetings that were held between senior officials in NAMA and officials from the Department of Finance and/ or Minister Michael Noonan regarding the activity of these firms. The information I am seeking relates to meetings held between January 2012 and December 2016. 4. I would like to request any minutes that were taken of these meetings should they be available. 5. The number of meetings held between officials from NAMA and officials from the Central Bank and the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority regarding the oversight of the companies listed above.

  • Received 29 May 2017
    Decided 26 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-030
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1)I wish to apply for all records, documentation and inward and outward NAMA correspondence relating to 'stretch targets', 'stretch payments' and/or 'arrangement payments' made to, or proposed for or by, debtor connections. 2) How many debtor connections in total were paid 'stretch payments' and/or 'arrangement payments'.by NAMA since NAMA’s inception. 3)(a)Can you provide a detailed breakdown in euro terms by year of all individual 'stretch payments' and/or 'arrangement payments' made in the period 2012-2017 inclusive? 3(b)Presuming that NAMA cannot identify named debtors, can you correlate any 'arrangement payments' or 'stretch payments' to the salary band the developer was in. (4)Can you provide in percentage terms the range of stretch payments' and/or 'arrangement payments' provided to NAMA debtor connections in the years 2012-2017. I.E. the payments ranged from a minimum of x% to a maximum y% of profits returned in excess of the 'stretch targets' set in the business plans. (5)Did a standard 'stretch payment' and/or 'arrangement payment' apply to all developers/debtors who had agreed business plans with NAMA, or was each case bespoke? What criteria were applied in deciding on the percentage which would be applied to each debtor? (6)NAMA is on record as having made a €1bn profit on the sale of Project Jewel - what 'stretch payments' and/or 'arrangement payments' were made and/or are pending, in this case?

  • Received 23 May 2017
    Decided 20 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-027
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Criteria used for the selection of joint venture partners between NAMA and third parties including details of all joint ventures formed on this basis in the past including: i. Parties involved; ii. Projects discussed; iii. Projects completed; iv. Any and all weightings applied to the criteria.

  • Received 23 May 2017
    Decided 20 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-028
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    NAMA policy regarding to selling of sites and properties to parties previously connected to the properties or sites (’’Connected parties’’) including details of every occurrence where NAMA has sold land to Connected Parties.

  • Received 17 May 2017
    Decided 14 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-024
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Minutes of, and any materials, notes and presentations related to the meeting between NAMA Chairman and Minister for Finance on 01 March 2017.

  • Received 16 May 2017
    Decided 13 June 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-025
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All emails between any NAMA official/Board Member and a third party between January 2013 - January 2017.

  • Received 15 May 2017
    Decided 12 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-026
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All emails between any NAMA official and Colony Northstar concerning Project Tolka between April 2015-April 2017

  • Received 15 May 2017
    Decided 12 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-029
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All external and internal emails sent by any member of NAMA Asset Recovery concerning Project Shift, between January 2013 - June 2014.

  • Received 12 May 2017
    Decided 9 June 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-023
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    I request the following records which I believe to be held by the National Asset Management Agency: A list detailing: A) the number of properties offered to all local authorities by the National Asset Management Agency between 1st January 2013 and 12th May 2017; B) the number of properties local authorities then expressed interest in; C) the number of properties which eventually changed ownership to local authorities and D) the number of properties which were not taken over by local authorities following an expression of interest and the reason why transfer of ownership between the parties was never concluded (examples include properties which were later deemed to be unsuitable for local authority housing based on later inspections and properties which were sold or rented to the private sector before transfer of ownership could be agreed).

  • Received 27 April 2017
    Decided 25 May 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-022
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Access to records held by NAMA between March 1, 2016 and April 27, 2016: • A record of the number of Nama owned properties that cannot be used for residential purposes because they fail to comply with safety regulations • Correspondence, including but not limited to emails, letters, text messages, memos, briefing documents, reports and draft reports to and from the Chief Executive’s office concerning Nama owned properties that cannot be used for residential purposes because they fail to comply with safety regulations. • Correspondence, including but not limited to emails, letters, text messages, memos, briefing documents, reports, draft reports to and from Government ministers and Secretaries General and the Chief Executive’s Office concerning Nama’s delivery of housing units.

  • Received 21 April 2017
    Decided 19 May 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-020
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All email correspondence sent from the NAMA FOI department to any other NAMA staff member, including the NAMA executive and Board, regarding anything concerning the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland Loan Portfolio (Project Eagle) between June 2015- March 2017.

  • Received 19 April 2017
    Decided 17 May 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-018
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1. Any documents, correspondence, minutes or notes relating to and/or recording and/ or evidencing the policy or policies of or any consideration by NAMA and/or NALM and any related company in relation to the instruction of Receivers in relation to undertaking development on property held by NAMA and /or NALM as security in respect of acquired bank assets. 2. Any advice issued to NAMA/NALM, any associated or related company in relation to the matter of public procurement in the context of authorising or approving applications by receivers in relation to the development of sites as residential developments and/or as commercial developments.

  • Received 19 April 2017
    Decided 17 May 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-019
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Records relating to an asset.

  • Received 13 April 2017
    Decided 12 May 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-017
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All records and/or correspondence between NAMA and any government department or public body/authority since 2012 relating to County Kilkenny and 1. Social housing, 2. Retail parks/shopping centres, 3. “Ghost estates”, 4. Information specific to the County Kilkenny Ferrybank local government area plan.

  • Received 13 April 2017
    Decided 12 May 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-021
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    1) How many developers/debtors in total were paid profit-sharing bonuses by NAMA since NAMA’s inception, and can you provide a detailed breakdown of how many developers/debtors were paid bonuses in each year in the period 2009-2017 inclusive? (2) How much in euros has been paid to developers/debtors in profit-sharing/performance bonuses by NAMA in total in the period of 2009-2007, with a breakdown per year? (3) Can you provide in percentage terms the range of profit sharing/performance bonuses provided to NAMA developers/debtors in the years 2009-2017. I.E. the profit sharing/performance bonuses ranged from x% to y% of profits returned to NAMA on properties sold. (4) Did a standard percentage profit share/performance bonus apply to all developers/debtors who had agreed business plans with NAMA, or was each case bespoke? What criteria were applied in decided on the percentage profit sharing/performance bonus applied to each developer/debtor? (5) How much credit has been provided by NAMA in total euro terms to developers co- operating with NAMA on agreed business plans in years 2009-2017 inclusive? Can you provide a breakdown of this total figure on a per year basis in the years 2009-2017 inclusive? (5)(a) Can you provide in percentage terms the interest charged on credit provided to NAMA developers/debtors in the years 2009-2017. I.E. the interest rates ranged from x% to y%, with loan periods in years ranging from x years to y years. (6) How much in euro terms was extended by NAMA to developers/debtors for overheads in the day to day running of their businesses in the years 2009-2017, with a breakdown per year. What was the criteria applied in determining valid overheads. (7) Can you breakdown the overheads referenced in question six into categories deemed valid by NAMA. I.E. What does the term overheads cover: electricity, rent etc? (8) What is the overall figure for salaries paid to developers/debtors in NAMA for the period 2009-2017 inclusive? Can you provide a breakdown of the range of salaries applied and the number of developers/debtors in each category. I.E. NAMA is previously on record as saying three developers were paid in excess of €200,000 each. (9) What bonuses were paid to NAMA staff on top of their salaries in the period 2009-2017 inclusive? How many staff benefited? (10) How many staff were placed on gardening leave in the period 2009-2017 inclusive and how much in euro terms has been spent on gardening leave per year in that period. (11) NAMA is on record as having made a €1bn profit on the sale of Project Jewel - what percentage profit sharing/performance bonus was applied in this case? (12) How many aggregate sales has NAMA made, and how many of these were profitable? (13) How much has NAMA paid in retention payments to retain staff in the period 2009-2017 inclusive? How many staff have benefited from such payments,with a breakdown per year. (14) How much has NAMA paid in redundancy payments to staff in the years 2009-2017 inclusive, with a breakdown per year.

  • Received 3 April 2017
    Decided 10 May 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-015
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All email correspondence regarding Project Eagle, from July 1st 2015 -March 31st 2017, between Gordon MRM (all staff) and NAMA officials (including board members & executive).

  • Received 30 March 2017
    Decided 27 April 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-014
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    A copy of NAMA's FOI policy for staff; a copy of any separate instructions from NAMA to NAMA's FOI unit on policy on searching for emails deleted from inboxes when processing FOI requests; a copy of NAMA's policy on the deletion of emails by staff; all correspondence from NAMA's FOI unit to NAMA management relating to the policy on searching for emails deleted from inboxes from 2016 to date.

  • Received 15 March 2017
    Decided 12 April 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-010
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Costs associated with an asset.

  • Received 15 March 2017
    Decided 12 April 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-011
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence between the Department of Finance and NAMA regarding NAMA’s plan to work with and fund developers to deliver 20,000 residential units before the end of 2020 and the use of the projected NAMA surplus after 2018 to fund new investment in infrastructure, including affordable housing programmes.

  • Received 15 March 2017
    Decided 12 April 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference 2017-012
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Minutes of all NAMA meetings and reviews attended by the Minister for Finance since 2014 to present.

  • Received 15 March 2017
    Decided 12 April 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-013
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence between any government department or member of the Oireachtas and NAMA regarding the help to buy scheme for first time buyers introduced in the Budget 2017.

  • Received 12 March 2017
    Decided 10 April 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-009
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence with any public relations consultant, media or internal communications staff in relation to a debtor.

  • Received 21 February 2017
    Decided 21 March 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2017-006
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Communications with Kerry County Council in respect of assets.

  • Received 21 February 2017
    Decided 21 March 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-007
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Communications with Kerry County Council in respect of assets.

  • Received 6 February 2017
    Decided 3 March 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-005
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    All email correspondence between Ronnie Hanna and representatives of Brown Rudnick (including Tuvi Keinan) and representatives of Tughans Solicitors; Cian Kealy and representatives of Brown Rudnick (including Tuvi Keinan) and representatives of Tughans Solicitors; John Collison and representatives of Brown Rudnick (including Tuvi Keinan) and representatives of Tughans Solicitors.

  • Received 1 February 2017
    Decided 28 February 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-002
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Correspondence between NAMA and the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government regarding the occupation of Apollo House by the Home Sweet Home group.

  • Received 1 February 2017
    Decided 28 February 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-004
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Access to records regarding the sale of an asset.

  • Received 31 January 2017
    Decided 27 February 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference 2017-003
    Requester Type Other
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Access to records relating to an asset.

  • Received 24 January 2017
    Decided 20 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference 2017-001
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    A list of external legal practitioners paid in 2015 for services carried out on behalf of the National Asset Management Agency, including the name of the practitioner, the sum paid and, where possible, a general description of the work carried out. A list of external legal practitioners paid in 2016 for services carried out on behalf of the National Asset Management Agency, including the name of the practitioner, the sum paid and, where possible, a general description of the work carried out.

  • Received 6 December 2016
    Decided 13 January 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2016-065
    Requester Type Journalist
    National Asset Management Agency Group

    Minutes of NAMA board and NAMA executive meetings from July to December of this year. Copies of reports/presentations circulated to NAMA board members for the October and November board meetings.