Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think there are three of us sharing time. I am just finishing. I apologise.

The Government ignored the attempts made with the Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011; the Family Home Bill, as I said, which I jointly put forward with Deputy Thomas Byrne, who was a Senator at that time; and the Mortgage Resolution Bill 2013. I urge the Minister of State not to miss this opportunity.

Finally, on top of the great measures in this Bill, other Members have mentioned that there is a civil society Bill promoted by various Members of the House called the National Housing Co-operative Bill. In the new session, regardless of the final positions parties or individuals take, that Bill needs a good airing in this House and I hope the Government too will embrace that opportunity.

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