Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on proposals from a group (details supplied) on the Personal Insolvency Bill. [21793/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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On publication of the Heads of the Personal Insolvency Bill on 25 January 2012, both the Minister for Finance and I invited interested parties to submit their comments on the legislative proposals. In that context I can confirm that my Department has received submissions from the Irish League of Credit Unions, the Credit Union Development Association and the Credit Union Managers Association as well as from a small number of individual credit unions. In addition, representatives from my Department and the Department of Finance met with credit union representatives in March to brief them on the proposed legislation.

The submission from the group referred to by the Deputy has only just been received by my Department. The submissions and other comments on the General Scheme of the Personal Insolvency Bill received from credit union representatives and other interested groups and individuals are being taken into consideration in the overall context of the further development of the legislative proposals.