Juvenile crime and Anti-social activity can be a source of great annoyance, stress, disruption and harm to communities. It impacts greatly on families and the elderly and holds our communities to virtual ransom. The Mininster for Justice and the Garda Comissioner need to take action on both the system and human failures that are responsible for this latest scandal.

Sinn Féin’s No Consent No Sale Bill seeks to put a halt to the march of the vultures and empower borrowers, whether in arrears or not, to take control of their financial future. It will stop banks and others such as the Permenant TSB from selling off loans to unaccountable, often unregulated vulture funds.