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

10:40 am

Mr. Christopher Lehane:

If the Chairman wants an average figure, up until the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, we got rid of 340 bankruptcies. Under the law, there could have been family homes in the ownership of the official assignee for 30 or 40 years.