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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deaths (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the military authorities that during the period 01 January 2000 to 23 October 2012, a total of 182 PDF personnel died while in service. The breakdown per annum, is below. Year Number of deaths 2000 18 2001 17 2002 12 2003 13 2004 13 2005 12 2006 17 2007 16 2008 11 2009 18 2010 12 2011 13 2012 10 Total 182 I am advised by the military authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deaths (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the military authorities that during the period 01 January 2000 to 23 October 2012, a total of 182 PDF personnel died while in service. The breakdown per annum, is below. Year Number of deaths 2000 18 2001 17 2002 12 2003 13 2004 13 2005 12 2006 17 2007 16 2008 11 2009 18 2010 12 2011 13 2012 10 Total 182 I am advised by the military...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: The military authorities advise that “health status” is the only factor from the list above that is relevant to the determination as to the choice of anti-malaria tablet to be prescribed to personnel in the Defence Forces. A number of other factors must be considered. The choice of chemoprophylaxis medication depends on the risk of malaria in the destination, resistance to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: Expenditure in relation to staff attending Conferences from 1/10/2011 to 30/09/2012 amounted to €8,974.92. This amount comprises €7,247.74 registration fees and €1,727.18 reimbursement of travel and subsistence payments.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Promotions (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: It has not been possible in the time available to compile all the necessary information requested by the Deputy. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 together. The Government’s National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 sets out revised ceilings for public service staff numbers which are to be achieved through the implementation of Employment Control Frameworks as part of the Four Year National Recovery Plan. Since March 2009, 15 civil service staff of my Department have been permanently...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (25 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: There is no Gaeltacht allowance payable to staff of my Department or the Defence Forces, and no such allowance has been paid in the timeframe outlined by the Deputy.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Order for Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: " "bankruptcy" shall be construed in accordance with the Bankruptcy Act 1988;".This amendment adds the definition of "bankruptcy" to section 2. I am advised that this is necessary for the purposes of interpretation as the term is used in a number of instances throughout the Bill. It is effectively a...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy is out of order.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 7:In page 24, to delete lines 22 and 23 and substitute the following: " "debt", in relation to a debtor, means a debt for a liquidated sum that, on the application date, is payable either immediately or at some certain future time within 3 years from that date;".This proposal amends the definition of "debt" in Chapter 3 to limit the foreseeability of future liquidated...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8:In page 25, line 32, to delete "section 43," and substitute "sections 32(11) and 43,".This is a technical amendment to include a cross-reference to section 33(11).

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 9:In page 25, line 38, to delete "or has been".This amendment improves on the existing construction of the text of section 23 by making clear that "specified debtor" means the person who is currently the subject of a debt relief notice. The reference to "or has been" is not appropriate in this context and is proposed for deletion. In common with a significant number of...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 seek to raise the limit for the aggregate of qualifying debt under a debt relief notice from €20,000 to either €30,000 or €50,000. I accept that these proposals are well intentioned, but they fail, unfortunately, to recognise the nature of a debt relief notice. The latter is designed to assist debtors with essentially no income or assets and with...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am conscious that we are on Report Stage.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I do not know how many times we can go back and forth on this question. We took the view that the proposal contained in the Bill is a balanced one, having regard to the need to assist people in debt and having regard to the real circumstances of creditors. We must ensure that we do not provide an incentive to individuals to run up large debts from which they believe they can then extricate...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I had already addressed the issues in amendment No. 10 and had set out my reason for opposing amendments Nos. 10 and 11.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 12:In page 26, line 9, after “income” to insert the following: ", calculated in accordance with subsection (5),".This amendment improves on the existing construction for avoidance of doubt by cross referencing the income criteria with revisions of subsection (5).

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I will respond to amendments Nos. 13 and 14, following which Deputy Mac Lochlainn can then come in. Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 seek to raise the limit for the amount of disposable income above that permitted for necessary household expenses from €60 to, in the context of Deputy Mac Lochlainn's amendment, €80 and in the context of Deputy Collins' amendment, €150. With regard...

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: To turn that on its head, if a debtor has dependents and children his or her reasonable expenses will be higher. In other words, the amount which such an individual would be effectively entitled to exclude from the pot will be higher than a single individual with no dependents. The area of discretion or elasticity in this is dependent on individual circumstances. There will be guidance as...