Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

It makes total sense because these are important controls.

Deputy Durkan asked about the amount spent. There are currently 88,000 people on rent supplement and 12,720 on mortgage interest supplement. Deputy Enright mentioned repossessions. She is correct regarding the repossession orders, but in some cases they are waiting for a lean on the home or building. I hope the protocol will ensure things will not reach that stage. We will now be working with sub-prime lenders, who are main culprits, and we will try to ensure they will not take steps towards repossessions. More and more people are working with MABS.

Regarding reform to the mortgage interest supplement, we are currently conducting a review to examine the question Deputy Enright raised, namely, the consistency of approach around the country, and any information on that-----

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