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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...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Yes, they will.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: This is the first time a judge of the Circuit Court may, in specific circumstances, impose on lenders an insolvency arrangement which they voted down. That is a very important point to note. We are providing for a situation in which a borrower has only one creditor. I emphasised this point when I was introducing the amendment. Many people would be in that situation, with the bank having...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 7:In page 14, line 10, after “approved,” to insert “subject to section 115A,”.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I appreciate the intention of the amendment which seeks to ensure information about credit refusals is publicly available. However, given the recent changes, I do not believe the amendment is necessary or workable in its current form for the following reasons. As the Deputy is aware, since the first quarter of this year, the Insolvency Service of Ireland already publishes details, on a...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 5:In page 13, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 91 of Principal Act 10. Section 91 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of the following for paragraph (g):“(g) that the debtor has made a declaration in writing declaring that he or she has co-operated for a period of at least...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I want to deal with this point that they may not be eligible. In fact, that is a mistaken view as the Bill specifically protects people in mortgage restructures. It expressly provides a new section 115A(18)(b), inserted by amendment No. 13, whereby access to the new court review is available for a person who was in mortgage arrears on his or her home at any point before 1 January 2015 but...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 6:In page 13, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 95 of Principal Act 11.Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (5) by the deletion of “section 113(2)” and the substitution of “sections 113(2) and 115A(5),”.”.I am pleased to propose this group of amendments, which contains at...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I will outline the detail included in the particular amendment when I come to it.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 2:In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 9 of Principal Act 2.Section 9(1) of the Principal Act is amended by—(a) the substitution of the following for paragraph (e):“(e) promote public awareness and understanding of matters relating to personal insolvency, and provide information on the working of this Act...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act 3. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2)(a) by the substitution of "€35,000" for "€20,000".".

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

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

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, line 7, to delete “Act,” and substitute the following: “Act; to provide for court review of proposed Personal Insolvency Arrangements in certain circumstances; to amend the eligibility criteria for Debt Relief Notices; to further provide for the regulation and supervision of personal insolvency practitioners;”.Amendment No. 1 is...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: No.

Educational Research Centre (Establishment) Order 2015: Motion (14 Jul 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Educational Research Centre (Establishment) Order 2015,copies of which have been laid before Dáil Éireann on 11th June, 2015."