Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 November 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Mortgage Insurance Schemes: Discussion

2:05 pm

Mr. Brendan Burgess:

I do not think there was a product at any stage for contract employees. They sell payment protection insurance to people who have permanent jobs. If one applies for a mortgage and one is in a contract, they probably will not give one a mortgage. That was one of the big problems with the payment protection insurance scandal. People were sold insurance they could never claim because they did not meet the criteria. I do not think there was a product on the market----

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