Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (Resumed): Insolvency Service of Ireland

12:20 pm

Mr. Lorcan O'Connor:

Whatever about what might have been the historical practice, once a PIP comes into play all, in effect all situations are regularised. It would not, therefore, necessarily be something that would come to our direct attention. However, in terms of the unsecured creditors' assessment of an arrangement, the reality is that in bankruptcy the dividend to unsecured debt is close to 0% in the vast majority of cases. Again, there is an incentive to engage because there is a dividend of some kind to be obtained through a DSA or a PIA.