Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Business of Joint Committee
General Scheme of Sale of Loan Books to Unregulated Third Parties Bill 2014: Discussion

2:30 pm

Mr. Declan Reid:

In his opening remarks Mr. Horgan referred to the fact that have altered our approach from the original proposal. Rather than targeting this legislation at the SPVs or the SSPVs, we are targeting it at the servicer. That may well be the owner of the loan but in most cases it will be another company that interacts with the borrower. The list of exemptions which Deputy Doherty raised in his question is less relevant now because the exemptions do not really apply. It is the servicing entity which interacts with the customer which will now be regulated under this current proposal.