Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The deletion of section 55 of the Bill arises as a consequence of amendment No. 17 which has been discussed previously. That amendment provided a change in section 49(2) of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 to better refer to the more specific instance where an employee of the personal insolvency practitioner could hold a meeting with the debtor in the context of preparing the possible application for a debt settlement arrangement or a personal insolvency arrangement. That amendment will continue to permit better management of the potential caseload of a personal insolvency practitioner.

With the acceptance of Amendment No. 17, there is no longer a need for retaining section 55 which had inserted a new section 54A in the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 with regard to some delegation of administrative functions by a personal insolvency practitioner.

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