Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree with other speakers that we would invite all of these people and if some cannot come, I would suggest some others to fill the other positions. David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association would certainly be close to the top of my list for this section. Claire Feeney runs the mortgage-to-rent section inside the Housing Agency and, if she was in a position to come in, I believe she would have very interesting things to say to us. There is an argument that there are specific individuals in some of the local authorities who are dealing with what role the local authority can play when somebody is in mortgage distress, for example, in terms of assisting in the purchase of the home, so it would be interesting to hear from them. I agree with Deputy Mick Wallace's point on the Minister for Finance. I would also like to hear the Minister for Finance on this, particularly as portfolios of mortgages are being sold on to unregulated funds. As we are seeing in Tyrellstown, this is a major cause of some of these difficulties, so I would like to see either a departmental official or the Minister come in to deal with that aspect. To give a final name, Karl Deeter often has interesting things to say, although I do not always agree with him. He might be somebody we could consider.