Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Banking Sector in Ireland: Bank of Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. Liam McLoughlin:

I am not saying that. What I am saying is that we will keep them under review. If I look at the questionnaire there is a page on mortgage fixed rates. It is on page 32 of the presentation. It shows the movement in our fixed rates for 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the cumulative impact as well. That is demonstrative from our point of view. It is in response in particular to the lower cost of funding in recent years. As we have seen improvements in funding costs and in order to be competitive - our fixed rates are very competitive and they are exceptionally competitive when one looks at the cash-back arrangements - we have been very proactive in terms of making those cuts.

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