Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On the same issue, what legislation is likely to emerge in the short term regarding what the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources indicated? Surely the Taoiseach will accept that an expert group is the last thing we need as people face potential repossession and the reality of losing their homes. The Central Bank Bill is on the legislative list for the current session. Would that offer an opportunity to address the type of measures necessary to stave off the fear of being evicted or having one's home repossessed and to give assurance and support to ordinary homeowners paying exorbitant mortgages with significantly reduced incomes? I strongly support Deputy Gilmore's appeal and I urge the Taoiseach to translate the Minister's oft trundled out statement of the past number of days into a reality for these people, otherwise we will be looking at another old soggy lettuce coming from the Green Party.

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