Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I attended a very pleasant function this morning at which the Ceann Comhairle honoured Brother Kevin Crowley, the Capuchin friar, for the work he does with the homeless. What is the Tánaiste or the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government doing for the families who have found that their mortgages were sold off by Permanent TSB to vulture funds in recent times? Two members of a particular family in Tipperary work in the Defence Forces and one of them is very sick with cancer at the moment. They are scared stiff as to the protections they have. What protections do those families have? This Government will not build houses, yet is allowing these terrorist vulture funds - that is what they are - to purchase family homes and mortgages. The Government's attitude is to hell with the people. People like Brother Kevin and others are left to feed them. It is happening more and more, and it is a vicious circle. The Government has failed abysmally. What protection is being put in place for these families?

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