The Finance Minister has given the clearest hint yet that banks are to lose their veto over the insolvency process.
Michael Noonan says a new bill is being prepared to change parts of insolvency process - including the power to block any deal.
Opposition parties have long argued that banks shouldn't be able to block a struggling mortgage holder from going into an insolvency process.
Fianna Fáil's Michael McGrath says the final decision should be made by a court instead - and Michael Noonan says that change is likely: