How to become a Personal Insolvency Practitioner

A Personal Insolvency Practitioner (PIP) is a person authorised by the Insolvency Service of Ireland, under Part 5 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, to act as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner.

A Personal Insolvency Practitioner liaises between the debtor and their creditors in relation to a Personal Insolvency Arrangement or Debt Settlement Arrangement.

A list of Personal Insolvency Practitioners is available here. Personal Insolvency Practitioners are obliged to comply, on an ongoing basis, with the Personal Insolvency Act and associated regulations and to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the ISI.

The following Regulations set out the qualification criteria, authorisation requirements and regulatory standards that must be met for an individual to be authorised to carry on the practice of a Personal Insolvency Practitioner:

• The Personal Insolvency Act (Authorisation and supervision of personal insolvency practitioners) Regulations 2013 SI No 209 of 2013
• Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Accounts and related matters) Regulations 2013 SI No 247 of 2013
• Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (Regulatory Disclosure Statement of a Personal Insolvency Practitioner) Regulations 2014 SI No 319 of 2014

You will need to log onto the ISI's portal system here to begin your application. The Portal is designed to deliver a secure communication channel between the ISI and Personal Insolvency Practitioners applicants.

You shall inform the ISI of any changes to the information provided in the application form during the application process.

The ISI will not commence the processing of any application if it is not complete in all respects. Applications will be treated as incomplete unless all questions raised in the application form are fully answered and all applicable supporting documentation has been received by the ISI. Incomplete applications may be returned to you as invalid.