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Asked by Andrew Muir

AQW 9114/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities

To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on engagement with district councils concerning restructuring of loans to aid financial circumstances being experienced as a result of the pandemic.

Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 20 October 2020

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
20 October 2020
Answer due by
4 November 2020
Answered
28 October 20208 days after tabling
Department
Department for Communities
Priority question
No

Answer

My Department is liaising with councils through Association of Local Government Finance Officers and Society of Local Authority Chief Executives to ascertain the number of loans and the interest rates that apply on those loans, in order to ascertain if there are options to restructure loans that could be utilised.

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