Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The amendments in this grouping are necessary to bring certain provisions in this Bill in line with the requirements of the 2019 EU directive on debt and insolvency issues. I was advised that as previously drafted the provisions in the Bill, which bar a person who is bankrupt from the Garda board, the policing and community safety authority and office of the independent examiner were not in line with the directive. These amendments ensure that a person who has been discharged from bankruptcy will be eligible for consideration for a role in any of these three offices, bringing the relevant provision into compliance with the directive.

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