Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That would be the effect of the amendment. The Senator should take responsibility for the amendments he tables. He wants to present it in a particular way. I have to deal with the reality of the words. It is the words in the legislation that are of direct relevance, not the comments the Senator may make to try to make the words appear sensible or reasonable. When the legislation is enacted, personal insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors, lawyers, the insolvency agency, accountants, courts and anybody who is involved in the area will look at the words in the legislation. What is proposed by the Senator is completely inappropriate.