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Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Amendment No. 72a which proposes the deletion of section 85, is consequential on the new review section inserted by Amendment No. 135a. Amendment No. 135a revises the original review provision in regard to the operation of the Bill. That review, which will encompass the three new debt resolution processes in Part 3, will commence no later than three years after commencement and be completed...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: This is the issue that was dealt with previously, when I explained at some length the purpose of the personal insolvency arrangement. Basically, it provides a structure within which a debtor, with the assistance of a personal insolvency practitioner, can seek to enter into arrangements with creditors with regard to outstanding debts in circumstances in which a debtor clearly is unable to...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I just do not understand how the Senator thinks there is any reward involved in this process, other than it facilitating debt resolution.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: This amendment provides for the replacement of the current section 99 with revised text that seeks to simplify the provisions. Section 99 of the Bill sets out a number of protections for secured creditors in a personal insolvency arrangement. The claw-back mechanism provides that where secured debt has been written down under a personal insolvency arrangement, PIA, and the property that is...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The purpose of amendment No. 105b is to clarify the operation of this section with regard to the valuation of secured debt for the purposes of the section.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Amendment No. 112 reduces the amount of credit that a debtor may seek without informing the creditor of the fact that he is party to a personal insolvency arrangement to ¤650. This is the same amount in the debt relief notice and debt settlement arrangement. The purpose of amendment No. 124is to bring the offence provision in section 125 into line with the restrictions on obtaining credit...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The purpose of amendment No. 121 is to provide that section 122, which deals with breaches of a debtor's obligations under a debt relief notice, will be broadened to also cover breach of obligations under a debt settlement arrangement or a personal insolvency arrangement. Amendments Nos. 122 and 123are drafting amendments to sections 123 and 124, first, to correct cross-references to other...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Amendments Nos. 128 to 130, inclusive, are drafting amendments designed to allow for service of notices by ordinary prepaid letter rather than by registered prepaid letter as currently required by section 129. This change has been suggested by legal practitioners to address difficulties in using registered post effectively. It is the experience of many solicitors that up to 50% of this post...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: At present, section 131 requires the Minister for Justice and Equality to prescribe the form of the prescribed financial statement to be used in applications for the new debt resolution processes provided for in the Bill. For flexibility, amendments Nos. 131 and 132 propose instead that the insolvency service should carry out this function. Amendment No. 133 is a technical drafting...

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: Amendment No. 134a is a technical drafting amendment to correct a presentational error in the text of section 133.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: This amendment inserts ""trustee" to mean a person appointed as a trustee under Part V" to give greater clarity to the Bill.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: This amendment corrects cross references in the section.

Seanad: Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank Senators for a very constructive and interesting debate on this Bill as it has moved through all Stages. I thank them for the issues they raised and I hope issues of difficulty discussed in this Chamber are now fully addressed in the content of the Bill. Bringing the Bill to a conclusion in the Seanad has been like running a marathon. This is complex legislation and we have taken...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Barracks Closures (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I thank Senator Landy for raising this issue. As he will be aware, a value for money review of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, was recently completed and published. The review was undertaken by a steering committee with an independent chair and had representatives from the Department of Defence, Defence Forces and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It found that the current...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Barracks Closures (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The decisions made in this regard were based on the operational assessments and judgements of the chief of staff and Secretary General of my Department looking at the most appropriate locations to ensure we preserve a nationwide representation of the reserve. In respect of the issue the Senator raised relating to Cork, I emphasise that all reservists will be invited to apply for positions...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The cancellation policy also seeks to reflect the guidelines of the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecutors and the Garda declaration of professional values and ethical standards, both of which govern other factors that adhere to the principles of fairness and proportionality and provide that in pursuing their public duties, gardaí are required to adhere to the principles of...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I reiterate what I said during Question Time. Everyone should be treated equally and fairly in the context of this matter. I am simply not prejudging the allegations that have been made, which is what the Deputies are doing. As I read it, the express allegation - or certainly the implication - is that anyone who has had penalty points or fixed charges set aside has benefited from wrongdoing.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: That is the way the allegation is framed. The Deputies know that. It is the story they are trying to put out. If there has been wrongdoing and fixed charges have been improperly set aside, of course I would want to know about it and there should be transparency about it. If some kind of corrupt culture exists, we would want to know about that too. I do not know that to be the case. It...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: I must object. This is outrageous. The Deputy is deliberately trying to force the recording of names, contrary to the rules of this House, into the record, to the detriment of individuals who cannot defend themselves.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Alan Shatter: The Deputy knows it is. It is outrageous.