Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

We have a deficit in respect of the solutions being proposed and acted on by the Government. The Family Home Bill 2011 was voted down in this House by only three votes. If the three other Senators from my area had supported the legislation, it would have been enacted in law and the courts would now be in a position to take greater steps to help people in mortgage arrears. I ask for more action and less rhetoric on this issue. The Government should show support for the families who voted for it. Rather than neglecting them in their hour of need, it should acknowledge the silent crisis at work and take appropriate action.