Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Ulster Bank
4:30 pm
Mr. Stephen Bell:
The question is whether it is the right solution for the customer. For many customers, a short-term arrangement can be the permanent long-term solution if they only have a temporary issue. If, for example, a customer contacts us to tell us that there has been a death in the family which has put strain on the household finances, we are very happy to put a six month moratorium in place. That fixes the problem permanently even though it is a short-term solution. There is a danger of misreading short-term solutions as being short-term fixes.
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