Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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177. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the cross-Government Mortgage Arrears Steering Group has met since March 2011. [39336/13]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the entire membership of the cross-Government mortgage arrears Steering Group; and if he will provide the attendance list of each of the meetings of that Steering Group since March 2011. [39337/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together.

The Steering Committee on Mortgage Arrears was put in place shortly after the publication of the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears to oversee the implementation of the Report’s recommendations, as approved by Government, to address the mortgage arrears problem, together with the implementation of subsequent Government approved measures in this broad policy area. The Group is chaired by the Department of Finance and also comprises the Departments of Justice and Equality, Environment and Local Government, Social Protection, An Taoiseach and Public Expenditure and Reform. In addition, the Central Bank of Ireland, and, following its establishment, the Insolvency Service of Ireland are also members. Since its establishment, the Group has met on 30 occasions.