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This government is continuing to evict families from their homes.
In the Dáil last Thursday, I appealed to Minister Michael Noonan to order the banks he owns to withdraw repossession proceedings in light of the extreme housing emergency which exists.
The Minister refused. This means that the government has given the green light to the banks they own, to continue to evict families.
Court Orders for repossession of 47 primary residences were granted at Clonmel and Nenagh Circuit Courts in the first 3 quarters of 2015. A further 8 buy-to-lets which also house families were also repossessed. Banks are now seeking a further 97 repossession orders for dwellings in Tipperary, of which 32 are being sought by AIB, EBS and Permanent TSB which are owned by the Government through Michael Noonan (FG) Minister for Finance.
Minister Noonan claimed that the issue was being reasonably handled by the banks. Totally misrepresenting the situation, Mr Noonan quoted the 208 orders for repossessions for the whole country for Quarter 3,2015 as representative of the scale of the problem. COURTS ONLY SIT FOR 1 OF THE 3 MONTHS IN QUARTER 3!! The Court Service Figures for the whole country for Quarters 1 and 2 are 586 and 314 respectively.
The proposed Eviction of 97 Tipperary Families Must Be Stopped Now!
Senior Minister Alan Kelly (Lab) and Minister of State Hayes(FG) must now intervene at Cabinet to have a Housing Emergency Declared and all repossession applications withdrawn.
In particular they must force Minister Noonan to withdraw the repossession applications by the banks he owns.
This can be done by government decision and does not require legislation.
Seamus Healy T.D. 18/01/2016
Tel 087 2802199
THESE EVICTIONS MUST BE STOPPED!
MINISTERS KELLY AND HAYES MUST ACT!
Tipperary is the 7th highest county for repossessions cases after Dublin, Cork, Galway Meath, Kildare, Donegal but above Limerick and Waterford.
36 Applications for Repossession are before Clonmel Circuit Court this week alone.
On the 31 Dec, 2014, the number of civil bills for repossession in Co Tipperary which were lodged in court by lenders was 341. Of these 293 were still proceeding on Jan 1,2015. (Courts Service see below).
This makes Tipperary the 7th highest county for repossessions after Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Cork, Galway, Donegal but above Limerick and Waterford.
48 Tipperary Homes were repossessed last year according to figures for 2014 issued by the Courts Service recently. Only 8 of these were “buy to let”. The Tipperary figure of 48 orders granted and 293 orders still in process were both over 4% of the national total. But these figures are now to escalate dramatically. David Hall of the Irish Mortgage Holders Association has claimed (Irish Times March 9) that 25,000 homes will be repossessed over the next 2 years. This means that over 1000 Tipperaryhomes will be repossessed over the next two years.
The increase in the price of houses is making it much more attractive for banks to repossess and sell-on homes and they are taking full advantage of government decisions.
In the Dáil last week, Labour and Fine Gael voted down a motion to remove veto power from banks in matters dealing with the family home.
In Spring 2013, the Labour/Fine Gael Government passed an amendment in the Dáil to allow banks to repossess homes after repossession orders were struck down by Justice Dunne in the High Court.
Over 38,000 Irish households in mortgage distress cannot avail of the Personal Insolvency Service because they have insufficient disposable income! They must not be evicted.
The veto given to banks by the government over the mortgage to rent scheme and other restructuring instruments must be removed immediately.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORTHCOMING SPATE OF EVICTIONS!!!
I am calling on Ministers Kelly and Hayes to insist that the government stops these evictions now!
Seamus Healy TD
087-2802199 seamus.healy@oireachtas.ie
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