Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I raised an issue of promised legislation with the Minister for Finance when he took the Order of Business last Thursday. Since then, the IMF has suggested that national governments should take some initiatives to assist home owners who find themselves in negative equity, in arrears with their mortgages and possibly unemployed. In the meantime, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has made a reference to robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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