Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Ulster Bank

2:00 pm

Mr. Jim Brown:

No, that is not what we are saying. What we are saying is that if any further measures are introduced people need to be mindful of the fact that the rights of secured lenders need to be preserved. The reason interest rates are relatively low on mortgages is because of the right to enforce that security. If that right were over-ridden or if it became quasi-secured then the reality is that the interest rates would reflect the increased risk we would be running on the portfolios.

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