Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said to me in July that repossessions would be the last resort. He said "that has to be the last resort" and that families would be offered solutions that did not involve house repossessions. Is he comfortable with a figure of approximately 20,000 family homes being repossessed? What will the Government do to intervene to provide for those in mortgage distress? He acknowledged that banks are not doing half enough, so what will he do? What has he against the idea of establishing an independent mortgage resolution office that could genuinely arbitrate between the banks and their customers to provide for meaningful and sustainable solutions for those in arrears?

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