Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I say to the banks that we want the issue of mortgage arrears with households resolved and we do not want any issue of attitude, arrogance or any other term that Deputy McDonald wants to put on it. We want this problem solved. That is why we passed the legislation. That is why we established the personal insolvency service. That is also why such provision was included in the recapitalisation of the banks at the time.

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