Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

Given that the Government was so swift to pump billions of euro of taxpayers' money into banks, and given the failure of this Administration so far to act to protect the interests of distressed debtors and mortgage holders, which I have raised before with the Tánaiste, I ask that he would address this matter with some urgency and that he give a commitment to the House that the legislation will be published with the haste it requires. The Tánaiste said the planned publication date for the personal insolvency Bill is 2012, which is far too late.

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