Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 430: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the business of summons serving is not subject to any form of regulation; his views that on the absence of regulation in this sector in the context of the current personal debt situation; and his plans to regulate the business and conduct of summons serving. [34051/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that the issue and the service of a summons in civil proceedings is as regulated by rules of court or statute and, since a summons is a means by which a court action is commenced, the process in relation to it is one that comes under the control of the court. While I have no proposals for change at present in relation to the role of summons servers I can say that the law generally in relation to management and enforcement of debt is being examined in my Department in the context of development of proposals for a Personal Insolvency Bill. The details of those proposals will be announced in the near future.