Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Deputy should bear with me. This recession will not last forever, because of the way in which the Government is dealing with it and getting the country out of the hole Deputy Ó Cuív's party put it in. While we are doing that, many families will have difficulty paying their mortgages. They are in mortgage distress and we will ensure, in so far as it is possible, that they will not be put out of their homes and will receive the kind of support necessary to ensure their mortgage distress is dealt with. The Government is considering what has been said here and the advice it received from the various groups and organisations it met since the publication of the Keane report. It will announce its measures when it has made final decisions.

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