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.