Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Overview of Financial Sector: Discussion with Bank of Ireland
12:25 pm
Mr. Richie Boucher:
No. We looked to maximise the recoveries, so in answer to a question from Deputy Harris - my apologies if it is the wrong Deputy - I set out the accounting write-offs. The accounting write-off occurs after we have realised our collateral and maximised all other forms of recovery. Very often, that involves insolvency. In some instances with corporates, we will do a debt for equity swap. We do not write that off but we provide upfront for that.
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