Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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That is an absolute insult. I got a phone call two weeks ago from someone who is homeless and who has been living in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation in Roscommon. He was evicted from his house by a bank which foreclosed on him. The local authority has told him that it can no longer afford to keep him in that type of emergency accommodation. That person was on national television recently. The Minister should not try to throw such an accusation at me. I am not trying scrape the bottom of the barrel here. This is the reality. It might not be the case for every single person out there but the policy of banks in this country has led to evictions and the Minister know that.