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Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Section 9 is, in no way, a safeguard, as it has been labelled by some Government Deputies and Senators. It states no order deducting money from a person’s hard-earned wages will be concurrent. The truth is that this means that there will, therefore, be consecutive deductions. The Minister for Justice and Equality, at the launch of the annual report of the Free Legal Advice Centres,...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We oppose the section which provides for an attachment of earnings order and a protected earnings rate. As I have previously outlined, the protected rate is flawed. The Bill creates a situation in which companies can use the courts to take money from the pockets of debtors who owe a small debt in the grand scheme of things. It will mean whatever little safety net a debtor and his or her...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We oppose the section in line with our opposition to the Bill.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin opposes the section. Section 12 places an obligation on employers to comply with attachment orders. Under the section, employers have to smash the relationships they have had with employees and collect the money. Otherwise, the courts will fine them. Not satisfied with burdening employers with the role of debt collector, the Government is stipulating employers will have to...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his response but it does not give me much succour and it will not give many employees much succour. We must look at the context in which we are working. In recent years we have had a number of high-profile industrial relations disputes involving workers in a number of companies in the State, particularly those in lower paid jobs and on zero-hours contracts...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin opposes this section in line with our opposition to the Bill itself.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin opposes this section in line with our opposition to the Bill itself.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin opposes this section in line with our opposition to the Bill itself.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Section 16 provides for the deduction of civil debt from a person's welfare payments. This is the most Thatcherite provision in the Bill. We are talking about the most vulnerable in our society - pensioners, the sick, the disabled and the unemployed. It is particularly difficult for young people looking for their first employment or older workers who are made redundant through no fault of...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Sinn Féin opposes this section in line with our opposition to the Bill itself.

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Section 20 deals with the provision of a variation order. This, again, has been hailed as a safeguard by the Government. This is not a safeguard and it is definitely not an appeals mechanism, as some have suggested. Another major flaw with the Bill is the lack of an appeals mechanism. Sometimes courts can get it very wrong. An attachment of earnings or the so-called protected earnings...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The section deals with the provision of a variation order. The Government has hailed this as a safeguard. It is not a safeguard and it is definitely not an appeals mechanism. As I have said, another major flaw of the Bill is the lack of an appeals mechanism given that the courts can get it wrong. Of the 27 sections in the Bill, there is only one section of merit, namely, section 26, which...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We oppose the section in line with our opposition to the Bill. Of the 27 sections, only two sections are of merit, namely sections 25 and 26, which make necessary technical amendments. We agree with the Law Reform Commission's recommendations to provide for the abolition of the imprisonment of debtors except in the case of maintenance arising from family law, which is in line with...

Seanad: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, lines 5 to 7, to delete all words from and including “to” where it firstly occurs in line 5 down to and including “circumstances;” in line 7. The amendment is a necessary technical amendment in line with our overall opposition to the Bill.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 12: In page 56, to delete lines 1 and 2.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 13: In page 56, to delete lines 3 to 5.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 14: In page 56, to delete lines 6 to 37.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 15: In page 56, to delete lines 38 to 43, and in page 57, to delete lines 1 and 2.