Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We need to know what is being done in this instance. The Government needs to address these points and show that something is being done. For all the positive spin on some good work that has been done - let us give credit where it is due - this Government will be known as the Government of repossessions. This Government has allowed the banks to repossess people's homes. It facilitated this through the introduction, by the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, of the Land and Conveyancing Act, which was supported in this and the Lower House by Fine Gael and the Labour Party. That legislation, which has been referred to outside this House as the "evictions Act", has been the main driver of home repossessions.