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Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 20:In page 23, line 38, to delete “income.”.” and substitute “income.”.

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 21:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“Variation of Personal Insolvency Arrangement confirmed by order under section 115A 119A. (1) Where the coming into effect of a Personal Insolvency Arrangement has been confirmed by an order of the court under section 115A(9), theArrangement may be varied in accordance with its terms and subject to...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 22:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 159 of Principal Act 18. Section 159 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) by the insertion of the following definition:“ ‘authorised officer’ means a person appointed under section 176B to be an authorised officer;”, and(b) by the substitution...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 23:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“Insertion in Principal Act of sections 176A to 176D 19. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following after section 176:“Supervision 176A.The Insolvency Service may, for the purpose of ensuring compliance by personal insolvency practitioners with their obligations under this...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 24:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 181 of Principal Act20. Section 181 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (3)—(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “to the inspector,” for “to the inspector, and”, (ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 25:In page 23, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 186 of Principal Act 21. Section 186 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in paragraph (b), by the deletion of “or”, (b) by the insertion of the following after paragraph (b): “(ba) an authorised officer appointed under section 176B, or”, and...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I appreciate the Deputy’s intention in providing for a review of the Personal Insolvency Act. However, this amendment is not necessary, as the Act already provides for a statutory review. Section 141 of the Act requires the Minister for Justice and Equality to carry out a full review of the operation of insolvency arrangements under the Act, including debt relief notices, debt...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I informed the Deputy on Committee Stage that the amendment could not be accepted because there were no set fees for PIPs as of January 2015 and, therefore, there was no basis to the amendment. I made changes to the fees that were being charged last year. Where a PIP has done work and he or she has not been successful, there is an offsetting fee of €750 in relation to the costs...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 29:In page 24, after line 5, to insert the following:“(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be fixed by order or orders made by the Minister for Justice and Equality, either generally or by reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.”.As...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 13 May 2015, the European Commission, published an EU Agenda for Migration. Among the measures proposed was the establishment of an EU-wide resettlement scheme to offer 20,000 resettlement places. The Commission proposed that the scheme will cover all Member States, with the numbers suggested for each Member State calculated according to distribution criteria based on GDP, size of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Valuation Office (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 451 together. The proposed merger of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), Valuation Office (VO) and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) has been approved under the Agency Rationalisation Programme. The new body is to be named Táilte Éireann and will have responsibility for several important functions, including: - the State property...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application was received, for permission to remain in the State from the person mentioned, on 4 December 2014. An examination of this case indicated that this person arrived in Ireland on 30 September 2007 and was registered as a student until 12 October 2012. On 16 February 2015, the applicant was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Postcode System Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The use of Eircodes will be included in the course of routine updating of my Department's ICT systems. Much of my Department's business in terms of correspondence and payments is carried out via email and electronic funds transfer respectively and will, therefore, be unaffected by the introduction of Eircodes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Comprehensive statistics in relation to numbers of applicants for asylum and a breakdown of applications by main nationalities for the years 2010 - 2013 inclusive are available in the annual reports of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. These are published on their website . In respect of 2014, a total of 1,448 applications for asylum were received, with the top five nationalities being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Asylum related legal costs incurred by my Department arise from the provision of legal services by the Refugee Legal Service of the Legal Aid Board to protection applicants and also in respect of judicial review proceedings taken against the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT) which are determined in favour of the applicants concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that an application for a 'join family' visa from the person referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 7 April, 2015. I am further advised that 'join family' visa applications, where the sponsor is a non-EEA national, can be expected to be dealt with within 12...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) of my Department is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government policy of direct provision and dispersal. Currently, there are over 4,599 residents in 34 centres across the State under contract to RIA. Details of all of these centres and the companies or persons RIA has contracted to provide accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy is referring to a person whose case is being considered by the mechanism established for the independent review of certain allegations of Garda misconduct, or inadequacies in the investigation of certain allegations, which have been made to me as Minister for Justice and Equality, or the Taoiseach, with a view to determining to what extent and in what manner further action may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: Strong legislative, administrative and operational measures have been put in place in Ireland to combat and prevent trafficking in human beings. The Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008, with penalties of up to life imprisonment for human trafficking, greatly strengthened the law in this area and this legislation was further bolstered in 2013 with new forms of exploitation, for forced...