Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

That is why we require a sensible debate on this matter; interest rates are heading back up again. Young people today, who are already feeling the pinch from their very large mortgages, will see their repayments growing month on month for the next year. We must focus on those people, whom the Government failed to protect in yesterday's budget. The crisis is far greater than the Government is prepared to acknowledge.

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