Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

In the period after the end of the Second World War, in one of the great humanitarian gestures, help was offered in Europe through the Marshall plan to friend and foe alike with the objective of getting Europe back on its feet and into productive activity. The implications and desired outcomes of the new insolvency process that I am providing in this Bill try in their own way to achieve that greater objective and to get those in genuine difficulty back on their feet to give them hope for the future. It offers a hand-up to those who need it most.

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