Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy asked three questions. First, with regard to the position of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his observations on this matter, clearly he was referring to the commitments in the programme for Government which are very explicit in regard to this matter and the various options set out there which can assist mortgage repayment. That is within the remit of the current review group and as I indicated on foot of my conversations with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, I am bringing proposals to Government to broaden the membership of the group. The third issue the Deputy asked me about was the Fine Gael proposal on write-downs.

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