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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Apologies have been received from Deputies Anne Ferris and Gabrielle McFadden. The purpose of this meeting is to receive a briefing from the Insolvency Service of Ireland on the operation of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 since it has come into force and the role of the service in ensuring insolvency cases are resolved in a timely and cost-efficient fashion, without recourse to the courts...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Does Mr. O'Connor wish to sum up or will we open for questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: The question concerns awareness. Does Mr. O'Connor wish to reply?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Could Mr. O'Connor speak through the Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: When we issued our report in February 2012 we suggested that there should be an appeals mechanism built in. I think at the time we suggested the Credit Review Office or even the Insolvency Service of Ireland as being the initial point of contact because some people may be a bit anxious about going to court.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: I call Deputy Finian McGrath with three questions, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: We can come back to Deputy McGrath.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: I ask the Deputy to remember my initial words at the start of the meeting about naming entities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Has Deputy McGrath finished?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: I call Deputy Alan Farrell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn to ask a few short, sharp questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: People are watching this discussion at home or in their workplace, and others will watch it on television tonight. If some of these people are experiencing debt problems, what should they do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: How do they go about getting in contact with a personal insolvency practitioner? Should they identify somebody in their locality?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: What role does stigma and embarrassment play? During our hearings in 2012, a number of witnesses spoke about the embarrassment and stigma attached to debt and personal insolvency. Is it the case that people delay engaging until late in the day because of these issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: There are three different levels - debt relief notices, DSAs and PIAs. Can Mr. O'Connor give the joint committee an idea of the numbers involved in each?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: One of the questions that keeps coming up here is on the awareness of the work of the service. Can Mr. O'Connor talk to me about social media? Does the service have a social media presence and, if so, is it effective?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: I would be interested to see a development on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms. They are extraordinarily powerful and their reach can be very great. Can Mr. O'Connor talk to me about those people who engage with the various services? Are there patterns with respect to ABC categories and social demographics?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Can we publish on our website the document Mr. O'Connor made available to the joint committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: We will do that. Has the service engaged with post offices? Many people visit post offices to make payments and for other services. An Post has a network across the country. Mr. O'Connor has mentioned banks and courts, but post offices are very widespread public venues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
David Stanton: Unless Mr. O'Connor has any further comments, that is it. I thank the witnesses for attending today. We will be engaging with them again as this is the committee that was involved in the initiation of these insolvency measures.