Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We talk to the banks all of the time. This is the first Government that has had a serious engagement with the banks about how they deal with mortgage arrears. I have said frankly that we are not satisfied with the speed and urgency with which the banks are dealing with the mortgage issue. Deputies need be in no doubt that we will deal with the issue effectively with the banks. That is the approach we are taking and it is being effective. That is the approach that is in the interests of those in mortgage distress.

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