Mortgage repossessions and mobility allowance
Robert Troy asked for legislation protecting people in mortgage arrears and for a new mobility allowance for disabled people. The Taoiseach promised further mortgage measures in April and said the mobility allowance remained under development for later in the year.
To follow up on what Deputy Mathews said about the-----
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-----personal insolvency legislation-----
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I am not going into it. Countless numbers of people are before the court who are due to have their homes repossessed. The Taoiseach and Ministers have conceded that the personal insolvency legislation-----
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-----is not working as promised. When will the Government confirm that 37,500 people are in arrears of two years or more and run a real risk of having their homes repossessed? Can the Taoiseach confirm when comprehensive legislation will be brought forward to remove the banks' veto and ensure that people are protected?
I have raised the mobility allowance on numerous occasions, and on each occasion the Taoiseach said it was not precluded to those who are currently availing of the scheme, which is true-----
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-----but it is precluded to new entrants. When will the new mobility allowance be introduced so that new entrants who have a serious disability will be able to avail of the new scheme?
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For the fifth time today I say that the Government will bring forward a number of measures in regard to mortgages in distress in the month of April - that is, next month. The mobility allowance situation is a work in progress, and it will be later this year when something is published.