423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance how many mortgage holders are paying an interest rate on home loans over 6% in Ireland; and if he will regulate vulture funds to prevent the issuing of such high mortgage interest rates. [12037/25]
Topics / Mortgage Interest Rates
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMortgage Interest Rates
31 questions from 15 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 2 July 2026.
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| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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916. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason none of the ECB interest rates cuts have been passed on to tracker mortgages holders, in particular those with local authority mortgages, which the local authority have said they have no control over. [11851/25]
946. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Housing Finance Agency reviewed its interest rates in the period 2022 to date; to provide details of any adjustments that arose from any such review; the criteria on which a decision to adjust rates are based; if there is any governmental oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12337/25]
297. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the reason the reduction in interest rates from the European Central Bank have not been passed on to mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9204/25]
304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if credit services firms that manage mortgages for investors are required to apply a comparable interest rate as the bank the mortgage was bought from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9268/25]
258. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to set a maximum interest rate which credit servicing firms can charge mortgage holders; if such a maximum interest rate would be aligned with the European Central Bank interest rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2477/25]