Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014
230. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance the total number of new mortgages advanced by KBC, Ulster Bank and Investec in 2013; if he will provide an overall anonymised total of volume and value of new mortgages issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13414/14]
View answerThe Deputy himself has highlighted the need to protect the privacy of individual lenders.
I too would be concerned that providing anonymised information in relation to a subset of lenders could be commercially sensitive because of how the information could be manipulated.
However, I can advise the Deputy that the most recent IBF figures show that the total number of mortgage loans issued in the Irish market in 2013 was 14,985.
