Consultation
Consultation on the Operation of the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 - 2015
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The Department of Justice and Equality is seeking the views of interested parties on the operation of Part 3 of the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 - 2015 .
Part 3 of the Personal Insolvency Acts provides for the definition and operation in practice of the three protected debt resolution processes for insolvent individuals which were introduced in 2012:
(Bankruptcy is covered by Part 4 of the Acts, but is outside the scope of Part 3.)
The enactment of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 constituted a far-reaching, substantial and comprehensive reform of Irish insolvency law. Significant further amendments were enacted in 2013 and in 2015, including changes, in Part 3, to the Debt Review Notice and the new Court review in certain personal insolvency cases. A consolidated text, prepared by the Law Reform Commission, of Part 3 of the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012-2015 (as amended) can be found here . Further information on its operation in practice is available on the website of the Insolvency Service of Ireland .
This consultation takes place following section 141 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, which requires the Minister for Justice and Equality (in consultation with the Minister for Finance) to review the operation of Part 3, to complete the review within one year, and to report on its outcome to both Houses of the Oireachtas. The full text of section 141 is set out below.
Section 141 provided for this review to start not later than 3 years after the commencement of Part 3 (i.e. after 31 July 2013). In practice, Part 3 and its operation have been very extensively reviewed, amended and developed throughout that intervening period. This includes:
This consultation is intended to complete the overall review envisaged by section 141, by giving stakeholders an opportunity to make known their views on the operation to date of Part 3, including the impact to date of the various changes set out above. The submissions received will be analysed and considered within (at most) 12 months of the date of this notice, and a report will be prepared and laid before each House of the Oireachtas, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
Submissions are specifically invited on the thresholds and processes under Part 3 for Personal Insolvency Arrangements (including for insolvent persons who are unincorporated small or medium entrepreneurs) and on whether these should be changed. The Government has committed to review this issue, under the Programme for Partnership Government.
The full text of section 141 is as follows:
The Department of Justice and Equality welcomes views on the operation of Part 3 of the Personal Insolvency Acts 2012 -2015 and invites stakeholders to make a submission.
Organisations or individuals wishing to contribute may send their views in writing (preferably by email) to the Department at the addresses below. Submissions should be marked “Consultation - Personal Insolvency Acts, Part 3”, and should arrive not later than Friday 30 June 2017. It would be helpful for submissions to set out the reasons for the views expressed, and to provide any available evidence on the need for any proposed changes and on their likely impact.
Any queries about the contents of this notice may be sent to the same address.
Email address: civil_law_reform_inbox@justice.ie (with ‘Personal Insolvency Acts, Part 3’ in the subject line).
Consultation on Personal Insolvency Acts, Part 3,
Civil Law Reform Division,
Department of Justice & Equality,
Bishop's Square,
Redmond's Hill,
Dublin 2.
D02TD99
The Department may publish any submissions received on its website in due course, and may also receive requests for their disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.
It is therefore in the interests of respondents to highlight at the time of submission any information which they consider to be commercially sensitive, or to contain private or confidential material, and to specify the reasons for its sensitivity. The Department will consult with respondents regarding information identified by them as sensitive, before making a decision on any Freedom of Information request, and will treat any personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.
This consultation is closed