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Fri 10 Oct 2009No need to curb house repossessions - Lenihan
A TOTAL of 20 homes were legally repossessed by the six financial institutions covered by the State guarantee in the nine months to the end of September “in the entire State”, according to Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan who has rejected calls for a two-year moratorium on house repossessions.
During the ongoing committee stage of the legislation on impaired banks, Labour finance spokeswoman Joan Burton introduced an amendment calling for a two-year moratorium.
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