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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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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 (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for undertaking to seek advice from the Parliamentary Counsel. From my perspective, I am not overly concerned about contracts of employment. I do not think it will be an issue on which employees will be fired. The amendment also refers to "or otherwise impair the employment status of the debtor or their spouse ". However there could be situations where unscrupulous...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: Senator Barrett has tabled an interesting amendment. With regard to the three new forms of voluntary debt settlement mentioned in the amendment - the debt relief notice, debt settlement arrangement and personal insolvency arrangement - which form the centrepiece of the legislation, the Minister will be aware from the Second Stage contributions by Members from my party that we have a...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I accept that. I did not say there were many. The Bill we discussed last night sought to deal with a clear case of an unscrupulous employer who had victimised his employee. There are circumstances-----

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I pose a question. It may not be entirely relevant to the amendment but the Minister can say whether it is or not. The Minister mentioned that Revenue debt is a priority debt. I accept that. How are employees who are owed unpaid wages, for example, by a company that has become insolvent classed in terms of priority? I raise another point in the context of the promised workplace relations...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: A Bill to that effect was introduced in the Dáil but it was voted down.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: I call for a debate on alternative budgets. I called for it last year and I believe we should have had it again this year. It is not too late because we are sitting tomorrow and on Monday. It would also be important to discuss the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014, because that national recovery plan was drafted by the Fianna Fáil-Green Party Government. It was signed off on by the then...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: When Fianna Fáil members are talking about their alternative budget, they should be reminded of the national recovery plan on which they signed off.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: Somebody mentioned fascism yesterday when people were being interrupted. I remember it was a member of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: With respect, when Fianna Fáil states it is in favour of a property tax but not just yet, this applies when it is in Opposition, but if it gets back into government, all the content of its national recovery plan, including property taxes, water charges and cuts to social welfare will be brought in.