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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Reserve Defence Force Cadre daily allowance was introduced many years ago to compensate members of the Permanent Defence Force who were attached to the Reserve Defence Force for expenses incurred in training reservists and ancillary administrative duties. Historically, due to the nature of the allowance, it was not regarded as being subject to tax or income levy. During the course of a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Accident Investigations (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Air Accident Investigation Unit of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is carrying out an investigation following the heavy landing incident involving the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service helicopter which occurred on 19 June 2012. This investigation is ongoing.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Northern Ireland Issues (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My Department is not involved in North/South engagement and therefore does not have a North/South Cooperation Unit.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Deputy is aware the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform undertook a review of allowances and premium payments across the public sector and proposals were brought to Government for decision. Further to this, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published the results of this review of allowances and the outcome of the Government decision on its website at...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Gross Provision for the Defence Vote (36) has reduced from €756m in 2010 to €727m in 2011 and €688m in 2012, representing a reduction of €68m over the two year period. These reductions followed on the significant reductions achieved over previous years on this Vote. Arising from the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure, the Government’s decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My priority as Minister for Defence is to ensure that the operational capacity of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible. Whilst the Defence Forces are not a Principal Response Agency, as defined in the Framework for Major Emergency Management, they provide the fullest possible assistance to the appropriate Lead Department in the event of a natural disaster or...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: As the Permanent Defence Force operates on a 24/7/365 basis, it is necessary to have a rostering system in place. In addition, a small number of civilian employees of my Department currently work on a roster basis to ensure that essential services can be provided outside of normal working hours. There are currently no plans in place to change the rostering system.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Defence organisation comprises the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the agencies under the aegis of my Department; i.e. the Army Pensions Board and the Civil Defence Board. Records of past employment and related pension arrangements of staff recruited have not been captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the Deputy....

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: Yesterday evening, I was about to start replying to points made on amendments Nos. 26 and 27, which are similar in seeking to raise the value, in the context of the qualifying criteria for a debt relief notice, of a car allowed to be retained by a debtor for his needs or the needs of dependants. The limit proposed in the Bill is a value of €1,200, or greater if the vehicle has been...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am anxious to be practical, but I am conscious that we are both an urban and a rural society and that many more people lived in rural Ireland before there were as many vehicles on the road as there are now. Where someone is entering a system in which €20,000 of debt may be, effectively, written off to afford them an opportunity of a new start, they must take reasonable steps to...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: We were here all last evening. The Deputy did not join us. He should not think I am not listening to him. I can listen to him while reading a note.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I will leave it to Deputy Healy-Rae to go to his local credit union and explain to its board why a €5,000 debt should not be repaid by an individual who is driving around the constituency in a jeep. He might want to explain the financial implications of that to the other members of the credit union who are anxious to ensure its continued solvency and the availability of funding.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 28:In page 27, line 33, to delete “, or a dependant of the debtor,” and substitute “, or his or her dependant,”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 29:In page 27, lines 35 and 36, to delete “dependent” and substitute “dependant”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 30:In page 27, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(iii) where the debtor or his or her dependant is attending a course of primary or second-level education, books, materials and other items of equipment that are reasonably necessary to enable the debtor or that dependant, as the case may be, to participate in and complete that course,”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: My response to amendment No. 31 is similar to the response to the previous amendment No. 20 that we discussed yesterday evening. The major approved intermediary for the processing of applications for a debt relief notice, MABS, has the necessary expertise in devising in respect of each individual application and circumstance those household items that are essential for that person's domestic...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: It will be for the insolvency agency in the context of the consultations it will have with MABS to advise on where it is appropriate to have detailed guidelines and where matters should be left in a general context to be worked out based on an individual's circumstances. Even within guidelines, there will be individual variations depending on background circumstances.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 32:In page 29, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“(a) he or she has ever been a specified debtor,”.Amendment No. 32 provides greater clarity on the eligibility for a debt relief notice and provides that a debtor is ineligible for a DRN where he or she has ever been a specified debtor. The text of this provision as it currently stands is not...

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 33:In page 29, line 4, to delete “in the period” and substitute “within the period”.

Personal Insolvency Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 34:In page 29, line 9, to delete “successfully” and substitute “has successfully”.