Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Like other members, I have represented various borrowers over many years. I have been in and out of various banks, including AIB, over many years. I have been in and out of every court in the country except one, the Supreme Court, which I have no wish to go to and should not have to go.

How many repossessions has the bank carried out against ordinary householders, by whom I mean persons who have a family home, and to what extent did the bank try to accommodate such people? I accept the witnesses indicated a lack of engagement has been an issue, although that was not an issue in any of the cases I have dealt with.