Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is happening is terrible. These people went into a financial agreement with a bank, signed on the dotted line and, sadly, things have gone wrong for them. It is totally and absolutely wrong to allow the banks to sell their deal to some vultures in another country. It goes against the grain.

I do not know if the Minister is after meeting a leprechaun or something. Half an hour ago he had money to put into a rainy day fund, and now he cannot assist these people who are in mortgage arrears and are in the terrible situation of losing the roof over their heads and upsetting their families and lives forever. It is wrong that we are going to continue to allow the banks to sell off their loans to a vulture fund. If the Minister has all this money, why does he not do something about the nurses-----

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