Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On Monday last, 11 March, when asked a question on a national radio programme as to whether repossession should ever be an option in the case of the family home, Sinn Féin's spokesman on finance stated it should be an option but only in extreme circumstances. He also indicated that there had to be legal protection and legislative provision to the effect that banks could not swoop in and purchase homes. He went on to state the option of repossession had to be available to a bank if somebody with an ability to pay his or her mortgage was not doing so. The individual in question was asked, "So you are not ruling it out?" to which he replied that repossession should happen "Only for somebody who is completely defaulting on their mortgage and who has an ability to pay." Deputy Gerry Adams should not come before the House and state he has a new version of what his party's spokesman said on Monday.

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