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
2:50 pm
Mr. Declan Reid:
That is a valid concern. The Deputy's argument is about moving into the territory of justifying a certain financial return for the buyer of that loan, which I do not know if the SFO would favour, as opposed to protecting the consumer in that case. On balance, a justification that I need to earn profit on my purchase of this book would not outweigh a concern around an unfair movement in interest rates.