Coalition leaders stopped short of endorsing the Nama chief executive to be made the State’s new housing “tsar” on Tuesday despite the Minister for Housing publicly backing him for the role. James Browne said on Tuesday that Nama boss Brendan McDonagh, who is expected to retain his €430,000 salary if appointed to lead a new Housing Activation Office, was his preferred candidate for the role. READ MOREThe matter is set to be discussed further at a meeting of the Cabinet subcommittee on housing on Thursday. She called it an “extravagant gold-plated salary” and Ireland’s “most expensive job-share” of the role of the Minister for Housing. He said it was “hiring as housing tsar the head of Nama who oversaw the sale of thousands of homes and billions of euro of development land”.

Source: The Irish Times April 30, 2025 06:01 UTC