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Nama will take action over transfer of assets to spouses

(LtoR) Chairman of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), Frank Daly and CEO Brendan McDonagh.
(LtoR) Chairman of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), Frank Daly and CEO Brendan McDonagh.
Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland

THE NATIONAL ASSETS Management Agency will begin to pursue legal cases against borrowers who transfer assets into their spouse’s names in an attempt to place them out of Nama’s reach.

Speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform, Nama CEO Brendan McDonagh said that the agency had managed to secure the return of several properties on a voluntary basis, RTÉ reports.

Earlier, The Chairman of Nama defended his institution’s practice of paying six-figure salaries to some of the country’s most indebted developers. Frank Daly told an Oireachtas committee: “With several billion of taxpayers’ money at stake, you’re trying to get the best return by getting the person who we believe is best placed to get that return”.

Daly said that the average salary paid by NAMA to developers was between €75,000 and €100,000 – and in some cases up to €200,000.

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  • Diego Attley 09/09/11 #
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    ill believe it when i see it

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    • Tony Stamper 11/09/11 #
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      Diego. Agreed, Brian Lenihan put every obstacle he could devise in to NAMA to stop the developers having to pay a fair share or be held responsible. Like his daddy, once he was bought, he stayed bought.

  • Collie Woods 09/09/11 #
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    Better late then never but well see. Could prove fruitless Like the Anglo investigation.

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  • Frank Buffets 09/09/11 #
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    pr stunt, key word is voluntary. One can only assume that the return of the properties on voluntary basis happened with the promise of 200k nama salary in exchange. They will not take one single property back because they were far too slow to react and legally have no grounds to do so.

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  • Cpm 09/09/11 #
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    Is this before our after they hire the developer for a six figure sum?

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  • fleetingwhim 09/09/11 #
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    Confused by the tense used in this article: ‘THE NATIONAL ASSETS Management Agency will begin to pursue legal cases against borrowers who transfer assets into their spouse’s names in an attempt to place them out of Nama’s reach.’ Does this mean they will only go after developers who do so in the future, or is it just sloppy copy?

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  • Sean O'Keeffe 09/09/11 #
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    â

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  • Sean O'Keeffe 09/09/11 #
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    There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion, or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency system involved.
    Ludwig von Mises

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  • Terry Turner 10/09/11 #
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    Even if there is not much money at stake, developers who try to hide assets away should be pursued to the last without incurring big legal costs for the state. The big fear I have is NAMA will be a gravy train for the legal profession.

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    Any voluntary transfer of assets are "reviewable" and can be and have been overturned by courts where the transferor was insolvent at the time and the purpose was to defraud creditors. This has been the law since the 17th century and was even simplified in 2009. So NAMA will have little problem following these assets. That is why some of the voluntary transferrs have been voluntarily set aside and taken by NAMA because the developers know they will lose in court. This saves time resources and legal costs. This is one battle that the developers are LOSING against NAMA. By the way a voluntary transfer is AUTOMATICALLY cancelled by bankruptcy within 2 years of date of transfer.

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  • Diego Attley 10/09/11 #
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    I don’t know about most people but would rather see a state appointed money men to do this job even if it costs a couple of hundred big T’s more. It just goes to show that the boys with the few pound still need looking after by the the men with noose around the average persons neck.

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    These payments to developers constitute a bribe for their cooperation!

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  • Mata Mata 10/09/11 #
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    We are with you NAMA !

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  • Sue Anthony 10/09/11 #
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    Watched a program about NAMA recently, it would be wrong to say that I lost confidence in NAMA, I never had any. It just proved what I thought all along, more money and jobs for the boys. More corruption,lies, tribunals. Lets face it when will the tribunal into NAMA start ?

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    • Sheila Murphy 10/09/11 #
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      Whilst I totally agree with your sentiment Sue, please please don’t put the idea of another tribunal in their heads. Those gravy trains costs the taxpayers BILLIONS and nothing ever comes out of them or is done about the results.

      Wonder if we as taxpayers could sue the this and the last government for incompetency (like you can a bad doctor?) I’m only half joking with that one – it’s a great fantasy!!!!!!! lol

  • Adam Magari 10/09/11 #
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    Sounds of stable doors being bolted…

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  • Patrick O'Brien 10/09/11 #
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    Why are we paying these guys salaries?

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    • Sheila Murphy 10/09/11 #
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      Some guy on the Last Word yesterday said they were cheaper than Examiners/Receivers. I don’t know if that’s true or not. Smacks a bit of being your own critic to me!

      I;d prefer to see them be made get a job – or on the dole – make them properly experience the position they’ve put most of us in.

      A salary of even €75k makes for a very comfortable lifestyle.

  • HELLO SPRUIKER 10/09/11 #
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    Look at these these 2 guys.

    They couldn’t run a car boot sale.

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