Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with AIB
4:10 pm
Mr. David Duffy:
What I would say very clearly is that if somebody decides that they want to pay something else, they have made a decision not to pay their mortgage. The mortgage is a loan to a person secured against their asset. It is the prioritised asset. If a person decides to pay anything else, they have made a decision not to pay their mortgage. I am not here to be judge and jury of what somebody else decides to pay but in a restructuring, we would look at all income and expenses and there would be a negotiated arrangement around it. Where we have a situation where there is clearly surplus cash beyond the arrears, we know that a person has made a decision. Perhaps, as the Deputy says, they want to keep it for "X" or "Y". It is not our judgment or issue.
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