Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: (Resumed) Ulster Bank

4:10 pm

Mr. Jim Brown:

It is difficult to imagine a case where we would have to write down the secured debt. I am not avoiding the question, but where the average borrower is paying €1 on his or her mortgage and 60 cent on unsecured debt, the solution in our view is to write down the unsecured debt and restructure the loan.