Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The Government recognises that with the rise in unemployment and the fall in house prices there are those with serious mortgage difficulties. A range of measures has already been put in place which I do not intend to list on the Order of Business. The Government has taken a large number of steps in this area already. The Government set up a review group to examine the solutions to the longer term problems. The group has an independent chair and experts from different areas. It is due to produce an interim report to the Government before the summer. If legislation is recommended in that interim report, I can assure the House that this legislation will be enacted promptly. That legislation does not technically fall within the description of promised legislation for the purposes of the Order of Business because I am still awaiting the proposals. I understand they will be made before the summer.

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