Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

The issue of mortgage arrears has been raised by Deputies Reilly and Ciarán Lynch. It was raised yesterday by my party leader, Deputy Kenny. The House has been given a commitment that legislation will be introduced to deal with the problem. Such an undertaking was given to the House during the debate on the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009. The Opposition parties tabled amendments in an attempt to accommodate people with mortgage arrears. The Minister said at the time that he would take the "legislative route". He said he would tell the House when he proposed to introduce such legislation. I had a meeting yesterday-----

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