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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it the case that, for all intents and purposes, they are accountable to nobody?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: They are accountable to no public body or regulatory body.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could the Central Bank, if it wished, regulate these funds? Is there a legal mechanism whereby these funds could be regulated now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would that be retrospective? The existing funds-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am asking whether any changes to the funds would apply to loans purchased already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the way it has made it work? What has it done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is doing it through a regulated entity. That is to be welcomed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is to be welcomed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: To Cerberus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do we have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the opinion of Mr. Hall, do we have a situation here whereby what is being reported in the press may not actually be the position?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It bought-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It bought the assets of the entity, which were loans, rather than the entity itself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: The committee might clarify this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, it is reported to have bought Stepstone Mortgages itself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is significant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: He could not tell us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Resolution of Non-Performing Loans: Discussion (Resumed) (17 May 2018)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the limited time I have, and it is relevant to the questions, I want to go back to the practicalities. Mr. Burgess stated 10,000 mortgage holders are paying nothing. Mr. Hall stated 31,500 mortgages are in long-term arrears, with 17,000 of them facing repossession. Mr. Burgess put the figure at 10,000, whereas Mr. Hall put the figure at 17,000. What is the correct figure? I will...