Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----and in giving advice to individuals who are faced with these issues. It is completely untrue to say that this is a hands off approach. The fact is that number of people in arrears, the number of families in financial difficulties and household debt have reduced and are reducing, of that there is no question. When the Deputy Donnelly compares Ireland to other countries he is not always comparing like with like because he knows that the crash in this country was far more severe than it was in any of the countries he could find with which to compare us.

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