Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 April 2014
134. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis the numbers availing of the new personal insolvency options; the number of PIPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18165/14]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that there are currently 132 Personal Insolvency Practitioners and 32 Approved Intermediaries (representing 75 responsible persons) authorised by the ISI. The ISI recently published its Quarter 1 statistics for 2014. The geographic spread of insolvency applications by county, up to 31st March 2014 is set out in the table.
The ISI has advised that statistics will be updated on a quarterly basis and will be published in the Statistics section of the ISI’s website www.isi.gov.ie.
|
County |
No. of Applications |
|
Carlow |
2 |
|
Cavan |
4 |
|
Clare |
17 |
|
Cork |
34 |
|
Donegal |
6 |
|
Dublin |
186 |
|
Galway |
27 |
|
Kerry |
12 |
|
Kildare |
27 |
|
Kilkenny |
7 |
|
Laois |
5 |
|
Leitrim |
2 |
|
Limerick |
17 |
|
Longford |
1 |
|
Louth |
22 |
|
Mayo |
9 |
|
Meath |
14 |
|
Monaghan |
7 |
|
Offaly |
3 |
|
Roscommon |
4 |
|
Sligo |
4 |
|
Tipperary |
8 |
|
Waterford |
13 |
|
Westmeath |
8 |
|
Wexford |
6 |
|
Wicklow |
9 |
|
To be confirmed |
69 |
|
TOTAL |
523 |
