Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013
166. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 115 of 25 September 2012, if he will provide an assessment of the profit foregone in the National Asset Management Agency as a result of the proscription in section 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act 2009, blocking NAMA from selling assets to borrowers who are in default. [1548/13]
View answerI am advised by NAMA that Sections 99 and 202 of the NAMA Act 2009 relate to debtor confidentiality, not to the sale of assets. We assume the Deputy is referring to Section 172 of the NAMA Act which relates to Limitations on certain dealings in land etc. As NAMA is not permitted to sell assets to borrowers in default, neither I nor NAMA are in a position to assess the potential foregone profit (if any) if NAMA were permitted to sell assets to borrowers in default.
