Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What must apply is a degree of common sense, taking into account the full range of opportunities and arrangements that can be put in place by both borrower and lender to achieve a resolution and give the primary responsibility, in so far as it is humanly possible, to retaining home ownership for the people involved. It has been pointed out on many occasions that in this country repossession should and would only be a last resort.

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