Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The third question is this. I am trying to figure out where there is a large number of people doing private deals with the banks, people who are off the radar and not engaged with MABS or the ISI. Every now and again I receive a letter from an individual. Last week I had a letter from a customer of the AIB who has a major problem as it was trying to kick the person out of the house. I intervened by writing a letter to the senior people in AIB and, all of sudden, it is engaging. I do not want to do this but I do it for a constituent. As soon as the Deputy wrote the letter, AIB started to engage with the family again. This was a man who got into difficulties with his daughter. He was paying something back every month. He was making an effort. He was laid off during the recession. He would have a job. When he has a job he would want to pay back everything. He is an honest, hard working person. Yet it was trying to take the house off him.