I have just seen the people who were in front of the dail committee today and my god, youre heart would go out to them, theyre so brave to go there to explain their lositions to the committee. Adequate financial compensation is the least that should be offered to these and many peolle affected by this issue especially people who lost their homes due to the rampant overcharging by the banks. People like the ones on six one today for starters should be told that their mortgages are fully paid up and this should be followed up by the useless consumer protection bodies such as the ombudsman and central bank. People in banks responsible for this should be prosecuted and jailed but that of course would be doing the decent thing which up to now hasnt been done by the state authorities which is another matter entirely. This overcharging is a serious national scandal and its time it was treated as such. Ive been involved in the SVR gouging scandal mainly but this issue serious as it is is well behind whats going on here although im quite sure if research was done on the SVR overcharging issue some people lost their homes here too due to paying over the european normal rates Im listening to Hazel Melbourne now and shes so brave to go on tele to tell her story. I was on six one myself a few weeks ago and spoke about trying to get MIR kept which is the least the state could do to compensate people on excessive SVRs who have done more than their share to get the dasterdly banks profitable again and more attractive for sale. I have heard Padraig Kissane speak at a few meetings ive been at on this threads issue and he is doing wonderful work on the tracker issue and deserves huge credit.