Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of personal insolvency practitioners appointed to date; the number of applications received and the number processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52658/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that there are a total of 86 Personal Insolvency Practitioners (PIPs) currently authorised by the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI). In addition, there are 53 individuals within 21 Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) companies authorised to act as Authorised Intermediaries. Details on a county basis are set out in the following table. I am advised that the ISI is continuing to authorise Approved Intermediaries and Personal Insolvency Practitioners, therefore these numbers will increase in the coming months. The location and contact details of each practitioner are publicly available on the various Registers on the ISI's website, www.isi.gov.ie.

In the interest of confidentiality, the ISI has indicated that it will not be providing details or breakdowns of the numbers of applications for the various debt relief solutions received or being processed at this time. The ISI fully intends to provide quarterly statistics once a statistically meaningful number of applications have been processed. It might be noted that the ISI has added a statistics page to its website () which provides details of key information such as the number of approved practitioners, information requests to the ISI and associated pertinent information. I am advised that the statistics page will be updated on a monthly basis and I would encourage Deputies to consult that page in order to get the latest information.

TABLE: Number of PIPS and MABS Companies acting as Approved Intermediaries, by County