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THE BANKS should start transferring their largest development loans to Nama in a matter of weeks, Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan said last night after the Bill setting up the agency passed all stages in the Dáil and Seanad.

Mr Lenihan said he envisaged that the board of Nama would be appointed by the end of this month and a chief executive put in place.