Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 March 2015
55. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the meetings he or officials of his Department have had in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015 with representatives of advocacy on behalf of distressed mortgage holders and persons whose mortgages have been or may be sold to third parties; if he will indicate those meetings in which he was personally in attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10616/15]
View answerBased on a reasonable search of the material available in my Department in respect of meetings held with the main consumer advocacy groups, the meetings held between my officials and representatives of advocacy are shown below. I was not personally in attendance at any of these meetings.
Meeting with Brendan Burgess 16 April 2013.
Meeting with Brendan Burgess and a University College Cork academic 10 December 2013.
Meeting with David Hall Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (IMHO) 7 February 2014
Meeting with Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) 17 September 2014.
Meeting with New Beginnings 11 December 2014.
Meeting with Stepchange 10 February 2015
These meetings do not include informal discussions in the margins of other events/engagements.
