Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept the Deputy's sincerity on this issue. No one has a monopoly on the knowledge about how to resolve this issue. It has proven difficult internationally. When people lose their jobs and fall into arrears, they do not have the wherewithal to service their mortgages, so one must devise solutions to keep them in their homes. It is the Government's policy that people remain in their homes. Most of the suite of options to which the Deputy referred are designed with that end result in mind. We are adding to the suite. The Minister for Justice and Equality will bring her proposals to the Cabinet shortly, but other proposals are also being considered, particularly through the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

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