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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: Someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: The Minister spent ten minutes attacking Fianna Fáil. He is entitled to his views and I share many of the sentiments that he expressed. However, we have 120 amendments before us. I hope that this does not become a Punch and Judy show for the next couple of hours and that we can get down to the business of dealing with the amendments. The Minister needs to take some responsibility for his...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: This is a bit of a joke.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: Someone got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: The Minister spent ten minutes attacking Fianna Fáil. He is entitled to his views and I share many of the sentiments that he expressed. However, we have 120 amendments before us. I hope that this does not become a Punch and Judy show for the next couple of hours and that we can get down to the business of dealing with the amendments. The Minister needs to take some responsibility for his...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I support the Government's amendments grouped with a number of others. I will speak to amendments Nos. 17, 23 and 30, which are in the name of the Sinn Féin Senators. Amendment No. 17 refers to subsection (2)(b), line 12, and proposes to delete ¤60 and substitute ¤80. The Fianna Fáil Party has a similar amendment that seeks to substitute ¤60 with ¤150. I expect the logic is the...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his responses. We believe the Government amendment, No. 6, has gone some way towards alleviating some of our fears. Senator Paul Bradford mentioned the word "hope" a number of times. I sincerely hope the mechanism for debt relief notices will work, but we have to be realistic in terms of how they will apply. Amendment No. 17 refers to section 24(2)(b), which...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 26, subsection (2)(a), line 10, to delete ?¤20,000? and substitute ?¤30,000?.The rationale for this amendment is straightforward and I know the matter was discussed in the Lower House. The purpose is to broaden the criteria in regard to the debt relief notice. As with many of the proposed amendments dealing with the debt relief notices, the Free Legal...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 17: In page 26, subsection (2)(b), line 12, to delete ?¤60? and substitute ?¤80?.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: We also welcome the amendments.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 24: In page 27, subsection (6)(a), line 14, after "its" to insert "net".I will be brief. I do not want the Minister to accuse me of being pedantic but there is a value to including the word "net". This would indicate that the value of the assets would be a net market value rather than a gross market value. We argue that this would provide clarity in the legislation,...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 25: In page 27, subsection (6)(a), line 15, to delete "irrespective of" and substitute "taking in to account".

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: To be fair, there is not a huge difference between the take of the Minister and Senator Byrne on this issue. I do not believe the proposers of the amendment had items of the value of ¤100,000, ¤200,000 or ¤300,000 in mind. It was the engagement ring and other significant items of jewellery the Senator had in mind. I welcome the clarification from the Minister. His use of the term...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I will speak on amendment No. 28. I share the concerns expressed by Senator Byrne. To be fair, I acknowledge the previous contribution by the Minister in which he clearly set out the balance he is trying to strike between the debtor and the creditor, what we are dealing with here and the various types of debtors. I also concur with his comments about how different people find themselves in...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: It is clear the Minister is trying to incite a reaction, given his previous contributions. It is not just Fianna Fáil. Sinn Féin has been on the receiving end of some of it, but it is more so Fianna Fáil today. While much of what he has said is true and at times entertaining it is not helpful to contributions at hand. A substantive point is being lost in some of the banter that has...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: Not all of them.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 30: In page 28, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following subsection:?(7) The Minister for Justice shall, no later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill publish detailed guidelines concerning the household equipment and appliances that are reasonably necessary to maintain a reasonable standard of living for the debtor and his or her dependants, for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome to the Public Gallery members of the Committee for the Forgotten who attended a presentation in the House earlier today. The committee is a support organisation for missing persons and has a number of very simple demands. The committee asks that a DNA database be put in place for all missing persons and also that proper DNA and forensic testing be carried out on all human remains...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I do indeed. My question relates to the Minister for Health's plans to break up the South East Hospital Network. A report was published yesterday by Mr. Jim Power, economist, which details the number of jobs which will be lost if the plan goes ahead. Almost 1,000 jobs will be lost and services such as oncology, trauma medicine, cardiology and neurology could be lost to Waterford Regional...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Many soccer managers receive the same vote of confidence.