Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

Last night, the Minister for Finance refused in his response to my Adjournment matter to intervene to assist hard pressed fixed-rate mortgage holders. He also stated that his only role in respect of the banks was to create a regulatory framework, which must be the joke of the century considering how much he failed on that front. Last night we learned of the introduction of a new budget, with an extra €2 billion hole in the bucket.