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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/10/
27 Jul 2011 -
Family Home Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-11-02/10/
2 Nov 2011 -
Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/10/
27 Jul 2011 -
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the granting of a court order for the possession of a primary family...home except in circumstances where the court has been presented with a verifiable, detailed and independent...analysis of the repayment capacity of the family home owner, and where the court has had an opportunity...given to a range of alternative actions that will seek to protect the homeowner's possession of the family...home.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
As Members of the last Seanad, we spoke at length about protecting the family home....The objective of the Bill is laudable because I do not know what we would be without our homes....Family home repossessions also put pressure on State agencies and local authorities, not to mention the...The aims of the Bill accord with our public policy of keeping families in their homes....People nowadays have smaller families and larger homes.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
for the possession of a primary family home except in circumstances where the court has been presented...with a verifiable, detailed and independent analysis of the repayment capacity of the family home owner...home"....Section 3( a ) refers to an order for possession of a mortgaged property that is a family home pursuant...Section 3( c ) refers to an order seeking possession of any property that is a family home on foot of
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-11-02/10/
2 Nov 2011 -
Deputy Stephen Donnelly I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to enable...various, cited matters when determining whether to grant or refuse an application for possession of a family...home.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
control they are now in a difficult situation with regard to the family home....ensure that some protection is given to the family unit's home and that the Judiciary is given the power...The Bill is not a charter to abandon responsibilities but is a charter of protection for the family home...When the Family Home Bill was introduced in the Seanad last July, there were 55,000 mortgages in arrears...These are not huge mortgages on super houses but are average family home mortgages and it is these families
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
Senator Fiach Mac Conghail I congratulate Senators Marc MacSharry and Thomas Byrne on drawing up the Family...Home Bill 2011, the spirit of which I commend....I disagree with Senator Michael D'Arcy that the Bill is not required at present....The Bill could be reassuring for citizens....I commend the Bill to the House and support it.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
This Bill is analogous to the debate we held earlier in that most objective contributors recognised the...who were prudent in most of their financial dealings are now faced with the threat of losing their homes...and shelter for their family....In this way, the House would send out the signal that we are concerned about people with young families...who are at risk of losing their homes.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
Minister of State back to the House and I welcome the fact that the Fianna Fáil Party has tabled this Bill...This figure increased by 6,000 in the first quarter of 2011....This represents 500 families who are falling into serious mortgage distress every week....other bills....My primary concern is for people who bought a home and made an investment for themselves and their families
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
and both have the power to initiate Bills....The Government does not support the Family Home Bill 2011 as it is unnecessary....The code contains two safeguards to prevent the repossession of family homes....First, it does not take into account the value of the family home that the borrower lives in....Furthermore, it takes no account of the scale of the existing family home and the borrower's accommodation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
Several points were made about family homes including the fact that one in 12 mortgages is in arrears...cases before the courts in which banks are willing to make deals with homeowners in respect of their family...homes....In the case of a family home where a personal insolvency trustee has engaged with a lender or creditors...Any Bill should allow for a person in negative equity in respect of a mortgage on the family home to
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill....It also protects the family home. That should be the ethos and emphasis of today's discussion....I wish to turn to the details of the Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011....a family home....Is it not better to get some repayment rather than kicking a family out of their home and ending up on
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2011-07-27/11/
27 Jul 2011 -
It involved the Prevention of Family Homes Repossessions Group in Sligo and listening to wider commentary...There can be no more important consideration than the protection of the family....A more radical approach is needed to protect families in fear of losing their homes....This Bill would give the court a set of tools which would give it options to give families protection...As I said, we believe the Bill would give real tools and offer real solutions to give families breathing
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1993-11-03/4/
3 Nov 1993 -
O'Dea In the Bill the definition of a matrimonial and family home is linked up as closely as possible...At the moment, matrimonial home is defined as "a" dwelling, and family home is defined as "the" dwelling
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
Deputy Joan Collins I support the Bill put forward by Deputy Donnelly today as part of the resolution...The proposal is positive because at the moment judges have no discretion when it comes to a couple or family...who are in the courts and whose home is being repossessed by the bank....This Bill could play a role in any insolvency legislation that comes through....More deep-rooted legislation is needed to protect people in their family homes.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
would like to table Bills for debate....I congratulate Deputy Donnelly on the Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011....Minister for Justice and Equality pointed out, we have already put in place measures to aid distressed home...allow for protection of the family home in the broader societal interest without prejudicing the interests...We must take that into account when we consider these matters because if repossessing a family home will
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2012-02-03/2/
3 Feb 2012 -
' Bills....I share the Deputy's undoubted concern about individuals and families who, due to their individual financial...are in temporary financial difficulties, through no fault of their own, being put out of reasonable family...homes and having their homes repossessed....Not only is it not in the interests of individuals and families that this occur but the financial institutions
