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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 113: In page 98, subsection (1)(a), lines 14 and 15, to delete "65 per cent" and substitute "30 per cent".Amendments Nos. 113, 115 and 117 seek to reduce the respective percentages from 65% to 30% and 50% to 25%. They should be inserted.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 115: In page 98, subsection (1)(b), line 18, to delete "50 per cent" and substitute "25 per cent".

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 117: In page 98, subsection (1)(c), line 24, to delete ?50 per cent? and substitute ?25 per cent?.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 121: In page 104, subsection (4)(a), lines 49 and 50, to delete ?65 per cent? and substitute ?30 per cent?.These amendments refer to the creditors voting in favour of a personal insolvency arrangement and the percentage of the secured debt required.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 123: In page 105, subsection (4)(b), line 3, to delete ?50 per cent? and substitute ?25 per cent?.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 125: In page 105, subsection (4)(c), line 7, to delete ?50 per cent? and substitute ?25 per cent?.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 130: In page 110, subsection (1), line 42, to delete ?¤1,000? and substitute the following:?¤650 in the case of a Debt Relief Notice and Debt Settlement Arrangement, or ¤1,000 in the case of a Personal Insolvency Arrangement?.This amendment refers to section 125(1) and the threshold whereby a specified debtor under a debt relief notice, debt settlement arrangement or a...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We welcome the Minister's commitment to change the wording and to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage. I take him at his word and we will withdraw it, with leave to reintroduce it if we do not see the amendment on Report Stage.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I move amendment No. 131: In page 113, line 27, after ?creditor,? to insert the following: ?and where the consent of both the creditor and debtor has been secured,?.We believe the section as it stands holds that in circumstances where two people have debts and are in credit to one another, the debt or credit is the difference when they are matched off. We are keen to provide that the parties...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom ceist iontach tromchúiseach a ardú ar maidin, ach i dtosach báire ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an leasú ar an Riar Gnó atá molta ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir Cullinane. I second the amendment to the Order of Business. We have had a great deal of discussion about supporting business and attracting foreign direct investment but a startling report has been published...

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is total hypocrisy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We get lots of services for those taxes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Has Senator Keane forgotten?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Where was the Senator before this?

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tax the wealthy.

Seanad: Statute of Limitations (Amendment) (Home Remediation-Pyrite) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire stáit, an Teachta McGinley. Is minic a bhíonn muid ag caint ar chúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta anseo, ach ní minic a bhíonn muid ag caint ar ghnóthaí den chineál seo. Cuirim fáilte roimh agus táimid buíoch dó as teacht isteach. Díospóireacht iontach thábhachtach í seo agus táimid i Sinn Féin i bhfábhar an Bhille seo a bheith...

Seanad: Statute of Limitations (Amendment) (Home Remediation-Pyrite) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The members of the pyrite action group and those who are suffering because a solution to their problems has not been found should be the main focus of the debate, which should not be the subject of party politics. The Bill is a very welcome first step. Since I became a Member of the Seanad, Senator Darragh O'Brien has raised this hugely important issue on an almost weekly basis. The Bill...

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is like everything else.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tell that to the families getting hammered.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That is a load of rubbish.