Fianna Fáil says salary for head of Housing Activation Office will not be ‘anywhere near’ €430,000
Party TD Seamus McGrath does not accept the appointment has been ‘botched’
Brendan McDonagh
Message from the Editor: a morass of Government’s own making on housing
Unseemly bickering between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael suggests absence of sense of purpose that might at least ameliorate crisis over course of Coalition’s term
Miriam Lord’s week: A tsar has not been born and they need to get this tshitshow off the road
James Browne talks up his A-Team, TDs watch the pros in action while Pa Daly delights in saying nothing
Housing tsar row: FF and FG continue to snipe after collapse of Brendan McDonagh appointment plan
Fine Gael blocked appointment this week over concerns it was kept in dark about process
Housing Activation Office explainer: How does it differ from what the Housing Commission recommended?
Leadership aside, the biggest departure from what the commission recommended is that the new body will have no legislative power
Housing tsar row brings a strike-out before the first innings
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Brendan McDonagh withdraws from consideration for housing ‘tsar’ role after Fine Gael blocks appointment
Tánaiste Simon Harris told Minister for Housing James Browne his party had been ‘out of the loop’
Even at €430,000 a year, Brendan McDonagh would be nuts to take the housing tsar job
McDonagh gives the impression of being someone who does not suffer fools gladly and who believes the media by and large falls firmly into the category of fools
Housing ‘tsar’ salary might be lower than €430,000, say Government sources
Brendan McDonagh might be paid less than he earns at Nama if appointed head of Housing Activation Office
Russian oligarch might approve ‘unjustifiable housing tsar salary’
Taoiseach accused of double standards over new agency chief’s salary, potential increases for heads of 30 semi-States
‘Housing tsar’ salary causing a mounting headache for the Coalition
James Browne’s intervention on appointment has already led to a thinly veiled rebuke from a spokesman for Simon Harris
What will the Housing Activation Office – and possible chief executive Brendan McDonagh – do?
Housing Activation Office intended to speed up housing by bringing in local authorities, developers and utilities
Taoiseach understands public concern over mooted €430,000 salary for ‘housing tsar’
Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet
Housing crisis: Proposals to boost LDA’s remit under consideration to boost housing output
Government considering steps to allow Land Development Agency to build more private housing at its projects
Nama chief is Government’s preferred option for ‘housing tsar’
New role will head up the Strategic Housing Activation Office, which is being established in the Department of the Taoiseach in the coming weeks
Project Eagle was far from Nama’s finest hour
The febrile post-Troika atmosphere contributed to the contentious decision to proceed with the sale of its Northern Irish portfolio after the leading bidder pulled out
Nama completes €400m cash transfer to exchequer
State assets agency’s total contribution to date stands at €4.69bn which is expected to rise to €5.2bn by end-2025 wind-up
Where are new rental homes going to come from?
Nama signals that investors are now moving away from new commitments in Irish market
NTMA CEO race sees O’Connor and Carville face off in final line-up
Decision expected imminently on successor to Conor O’Kelly
Nama transfers €250m of its surplus to the exchequer
Additional transfers of €1.25bn to be made in coming years, agency says
Mazars partner Michael Tuohy fined over quality of Nama vehicle audit
Tuohy is third person fined by regulator since it took direct audit responsibility in 2016
Brendan McDonagh, Dara Deering and Des Carville among NTMA CEO candidates
A successor to Conor O’Kelly is expected to be selected by the end of the year
Exchequer gets additional €250m from Nama surplus
Agency’s total cash transfers now €2.75bn, with further payments of €1.25bn to come
Nama earned €20m in profits in first quarter of year
Figure is turnaround from €49m loss it reported for the same period in 2020
Nama completes €300m transfer to the Exchequer
So-called bad bank recently increased its lifetime surplus projection to €4.25bn
Planning application for Irish Glass Bottle site expected in weeks
Purchase price of additional affordable homes yet to be agreed by Council
AIB plans to speed up reduction of 71% taxpayer stake
State-controlled lender intends to buy back up to almost 5% of company
Nama transfers €200m to exchequer as part of €1bn total this year
Agency forecasts a lifetime surplus of €4bn for the State
Nama ‘on track’ to deliver 20,000 homes by revised target deadline
State assets agency fell short of target at end of 2020, blaming Covid-19
Woman dies in hospital two weeks after alleged assault in Ennis
Mother-of-two Sharon Bennett suffered serious head injuries
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