Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Brian Corr:

I will take that in summary and Mr. Varley can correct me if I am wrong. Broadly speaking because this deals with newly originated loans after 2018 which then have to turn bad and get provisioned over a period of up to eight years if their exposure is secured, the impact will not be immediate, particularly for the Irish banks because the rate of new non-performing loans is quite low. It would have an impact if there were worsening economic conditions after it is introduced.