METRO FREE Thursday, September 10, 2009 win a winter wardrobe worth 2,000* *terms and conditions apply (see in store for details) 09 Autumn / Winter Collection Henry Street www.arnotts.ie Anglomania by Vivienne Westwood BCBG Maxazria Farhi by Nicole Farhi Marella Max & Co Nanette Lepore Nicole Miller Paul & Joe Sister Ted Baker Yoana Baraschi and many more nter nnnonn A Y HELP METRO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER TODAY INSIDE TODAY In Focus: Page 8 Euro Commission vice-president talks to Metro MetroLife: Page 12 Mean machine: Win tickets to see Florence PLUS Whats on TV tonight Pages 14-15 EMPLOYEES of the States new bad bank will have to sign up to a whistleblowers charter to report anyone trying to influence its property deals. Legislation rubber-stamped by the Cabinet yesterday to set up the National Asset Management Agency includes a new criminal offence of bankers, developers or speculators trying to lobby it. The Green Party is claiming responsibility for the provision along with a number of other changes to the original Nama Bill, with the new draft to be debated in the Dil next week. Energy Minister Eamon Ryan insisted his colleagues in the junior coalition party had to lock horns with their Fianna Fil partners for changes that will help them sell Nama to their grass- roots supporters. We werent pushing an open door. It was a good discussion, he said. Other Green demands which the party said were signed off by the Cabinet include: a new 80 per cent windfall tax on profits from rezoned lands, to stymie property speculators; a mecha- nism to share 50:50 the risk of losses on bad loans between Nama and the banks; and rules allowing Nama to release land banks in a controlled way to burst any new property bubbles. Mr Ryan admitted Nama, which is being opposed by the Op- position, wasnt guaranteed to rescue the economy but he said it was the least risky and most cost-effective option for taxpayers. Meanwhile, the Irish Bank Officials Association yesterday backed the controversial legislation, claiming it would protect jobs and boost the economy. But the IBOA, which has 23,000 members, suggested several additions and called for a public in- quiry into the banking crisis. But anti-Nama campaigners have urged support for a mass protest in Dublin on September 19 aimed at destabilising the coalition Government and throwing the plans into chaos. The United Alliance Against Cuts group claims the Govern- ment is allowing bankers, speculators and developers to rob the least well-off in society. If we get a big enough protest I think it could crack the resolve of the Greens to stay in this Govern- ment, said Dn Laoghaire councillor Richard Boyd Barrett. BY BRIAN HuTTON Nama law will block lobbyists Stand and deliver: uAAC activists dressed as robbers for their protest at the Treasury Building yesterday Picture: PA index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html