Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Will the Taoiseach clarify when the discussion by the committee will happen? Will it happen in the Dáil? Has the committee discussed the potential implications of the winding up of the mortgage interest supplement scheme and how it may take more people into mortgage arrears? What will be done about it?

Many people in the mortgage arrears resolution process – I received a letter about it this morning – are saying they are finding it extremely difficult to engage with the banks. One person who wrote to me had engaged an accountant to try to represent him before his bank in regard to updating his mortgage arrears resolution process agreement. He had adhered to it fully, but it was coming to the time of expiration and he was trying to renegotiate it. The accountant received a letter from the Central Bank stating it would not deal with the person's representative because he was not approved.

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