Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Business of Joint Committee
Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Permanent TSB
Mr. Shane O'Sullivan:
I think what has been said largely explains it. We took possession of approximately 1,500 properties, which were, in the main, buy-to-let properties. The Deputy will recall that we wrote off the shortfall debt. This was, in effect, a win-win for indebted borrowers who did not have a route out of their indebtedness and non-performing loans, NPLs. It was an opportunity for the banks too. We are actively reducing that stock.
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