The head of Bank of Ireland will appear before the Oireachtas Finance Committee this morning.

Richie Boucher will face questions from TDs and Senators about the banks' performance when it comes to meeting Central Bank targets on dealing with people in mortgage arrears.

Yesterday, the head of AIB, David Duffy told the Committee that his bank has wrriten off €38 million from residential mortgages in the first half of the year.

Pearse Doherty is Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson - he told Newstalk's Breakfast it took AIB Chief Executive David Duffy an hour to answer some of his questions at yesterday's committee, but conceded that Mr. Duffy has provided helpful information:

When AIB Chief Executive David Duffy appeared before the committee yesterday he said 25% of those in trouble had enough disposable income to meet their mortgage repayments: 

David Duffy explained why the bank had send thousands of legal letters: 

This morning, Deputy Doherty told Newstalk's Breakfast he has yet to see a copy of the letters sent to troubled customers, but he suspects they may contain threats to repossess houses, something he says is not a solution to the mortgage crisis.