Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My understanding is that the Minister for Finance is meeting representatives of the banks on Monday. The timelines here are set by the European Banking Authority rather than by anything the Government has done. As I said earlier during Leaders' Questions, this was not a statement that there cannot be further payment breaks. I encourage the banks and the customers to come together to decide on the appropriate mechanisms to get customers who are in difficulty through this crisis, including the extension or continuation of payment breaks. Those who are in difficulty and feel they will need them should act now, before 30 September, to try to secure the best arrangements for them. This has to be done on a case-by-case basis. That advice and message should go out to any constituents who are in that position.

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