Results 10,081-10,100 of 19,162 for speaker:Alan Shatter
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: Fees should be charged on a proper professional basis. Deputies may be aware that this issue has settled down in the context of the operation of the United Kingdom's individual voluntary arrangement which is similar, in practical terms, to our proposed debt settlement arrangement. A number of Deputies raised queries about the debt relief notice, DRN. I am happy to offer further...
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: Perhaps such creditors, many of whom are barely holding on at present, did not share some of the false outrage at the requirement that those holding relatively valuable assets might dispose of them in circumstances where they are seeking debt forgiveness of up to â¬20,000.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: It would be ludicrous to provide that a person-----
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: The Deputy may enjoy playing the role of parliamentary clown, but perhaps he might have the courtesy to allow me to conclude my contribution.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: It would be ludicrous to provide that a person could seek to be forgiven the debt-----
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: If Deputy Mattie McGrath calms down, I will continue.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: No, I did not say that. The Deputy said that I had said it.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: The Deputy said that I had said it.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: No, the Deputy said that I had said it.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: I will repeat for the Deputy what is on the record.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: The position is simple. It would be ludicrous to provide that a person could seek to be forgiven the debt arising from a purchase of, for example, a high-end computer, a smart phone-----
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: -----or expensive jewellery, while seeking to retain ownership of that item. I remind the Deputy-----
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: Does the Deputy believe an individual who owes â¬5,000 or â¬6,000 to a local tradesperson and owns a wedding ring valued at â¬200,000 should have his or her debt forgiven? There is an interesting question.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: I am in the real world.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: What I put on the record-----
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: The Deputies chose to misrepresent what I had said on Second Stage and play games with it. I will remind them of what I said after it was suggested all "jewellery should also be exempt from the asset test for the debt relief notice". They seemed to have missed my response.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: I said I was "mindful of the sentimental, as much as actual, value of items such as engagement rings".
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: I made it clear that "given the potential for misuse of such a possible exemption, I would need to hear very convincing arguments as to why a person applying for a full debt write-off of up to â¬20,000 from his or her creditors should be allowed to retain expensive items of jewellery which might be sold to repay some of the debt incurred". Is anyone seriously suggesting a wedding ring which...
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: Of course it would not.
- Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)
Alan Shatter: In legislation such as this, one cannot allow people who were of substantial worth and continue to have jewellery of substantial worth-----