Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses know and we know that they will not get 1,000. It has been thrown out the whole time they need to get 1,000, but it is not going to happen. There are 320 people who have tried to bring that scheme together. For it to be viable, they need 1,000. Is there something that can be done for people in private residences and businesses? We have heard it here that they cannot sell or buy houses. Some of them have half mortgages drawn down. They are caught now. They cannot even draw down the rest of their mortgage because of insurance. Surely, somebody with profits like those the insurers are making has some sort of responsibility to people like this to help them in whatever way possible. That is where Deputy Buckley is coming from.