Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 3, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following: " "2A.(1)This section applies to any proceedings brought by a mortgagee, irrespective of when the mortgage was created, seeking an order for possession of land to which the mortgage relates and which land is land to which section 2 applies—".

Amendment No. 5 is probably less comprehensive than amendment No. 4, which I prefer. I spoke to the purpose of this briefly in my initial remarks. It is very simple: we want to ensure that all existing cases of people in mortgage arrears are covered by this. It is my view and that of FLAC, and to some extent Deputy O'Callaghan, that they are not necessarily covered. That is not immediately clear to me that they are. That is why the amendment was tabled. I am likely to press the amendment, but is the Minister of State absolutely certain that existing cases are covered by this legislation?