Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The cornerstone of Government policy is to enable people to continue to live in their own homes. The greatest fear anyone has is that he will lose his home. The Government approach to the mortgage crisis has been to ensure people are able to live in their own homes. That is why we brought in legislation for the first time in this State that puts in place a range of ways in which agreements can be made between householders and their banks to deal with their mortgage arrears problems. We have also put in place a range of supports that will provide that peace of mind to people that no matter what happens, where people are making the effort to pay the mortgage, or where they cannot pay for a variety of reasons, they will not lose the roof over their heads.

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