Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform has advised me that as of Tuesday, no one is in prison in this country for debt. As the Deputy knows, the court enforcement legislation was brought forward in the House and the Law Reform Commission has undertaken consultation in the context of providing more legislative measures to ensure incarceration of people for debt will only be a last resort. Work is ongoing with the Minister in this regard.

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