Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Ulster Bank
1:30 pm
Mr. Paul Stanley:
It is 2,900. To be clear, arrears and non-performing loans, NPLs, have two different definitions. In the case of buy-to-lets, we have really focused on the wider definition of non-performing loans when including loans in the sale. In the case of private dwelling home mortgages, PDHs, we have not done this. Regarding those loans, we have very much focused on those accounts within the arrears definition. If an account has been in arrears, or has been through two forbearance solutions and may not have been in arrears, then it is classified as an NPL.
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