Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a further incentive for the banks and their trained personnel to get down to business, make decisions and arrive at conclusions in respect of the many mortgages that are in distress. This matter is coming to a head because the Government made the decisions to which I refer and forced the banks into a position in which they are obliged to have personnel in place to deal with clients whose mortgages are in distress. I hope we will be able to arrive at solutions for the vast majority of the latter in the shortest possible timeframe.

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