Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I support amendment No. 2b. As Senator Regan said, the argument in favour of the need to include some attachment of earnings procedure in this legislation has been rehearsed. Like Senators Alex White and Regan, I explained that the correct interpretation of Ms Justice Laffoy's judgment means that some procedure of this kind is required to ensure that the debt enforcement mechanisms are proportionate and nobody's right to liberty is breached disproportionately by this Bill. I do not want to go back over the ground we have covered, other than to say I support this amendment as an alternative means of achieving the aim we have outlined.