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
5:00 pm
Mr. Maurice Crowley:
I suppose in short we would not have any difficulty with what is being suggested. If an agreement is in place with a borrower when the portfolio is sold to another purchaser, whoever that might be, our belief is that it should remain intact. Presumably that applies when a bank holds a portfolio, and excepting if the circumstances of a borrower change the contract or agreement between a borrower and existing lender or new lender should remain in place as far as we are concerned.