Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the continuing refusal of banks to do deals with people who are in mortgage difficulties and the level of stress and pressure on relationships it is causing. Personal insolvency practitioners have drawn attention to a number of cases and I am personally aware of quite a number of cases. It seems as though the banks are simply not willing to engage, whether at the beginning of the process or after people have been involved in the mortgage arrears resolution process, MARP.

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