Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I informed the Deputy on Committee Stage that the amendment could not be accepted because there were no set fees for PIPs as of January 2015 and, therefore, there was no basis to the amendment. I made changes to the fees that were being charged last year. Where a PIP has done work and he or she has not been successful, there is an offsetting fee of €750 in relation to the costs incurred. The intention is to remove the barriers to people using the Insolvency Service of Ireland. There is now a much more flexible arrangement on fees in order that more people will be encouraged to use the service.

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