Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government
Finance for Social Housing: Irish League of Credit Unions (Resumed)
9:30 am
Mr. Des Carville:
Yes, exactly. If the vehicle is set up by the State and the shareholding in the vehicle is the State, it is on-balance sheet. However, if the private sector sets up the vehicle or if the credit union sector sets it up, it is off-balance sheet because it is their vehicle. Our strong preference is for that approach. Ultimately, it is a means to an end because the funds will still flow the same. The outcome at the bottom of the flowchart is exactly the same; the question is how we get from A to C and what B is.