Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2015
374. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of successful applications for personal insolvency arrangements, debt settlement arrangements and debt relief notices, per year, since the coming into force of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012; the number of applications refused for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29925/15]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, the Insolvency Service of Ireland (ISI) began accepting cases in September 2013. The ISI releases its statistics on a quarterly basis and the most up to date figures reflecting Quarter 2 of 2015 (up to 30 June 2015) were published on 15 July 2015 on its website www.isi.gov.ie.
I am advised by the ISI that in the case of Debt Relief Notices (DRNs), 100% of applications made were successful. There is no creditors meeting in these circumstances and no DRNs were rejected by the ISI or the Courts. As regards Debt Settlement Arrangements (DSAs), 86% were successful and 73% of Personal Insolvency Arrangements (PIAs) were successful.
Details of the number of successful and unsuccessful applications since September 2013 are set out in the following tables.
Successful Applications 2015 (up to 30 June)
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
218 |
118 |
279 |
615 |
Unsuccessful Applications 2015 (up to 30 June)
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
0 |
20 |
105 |
125 |
Successful Applications 2014
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
251 |
97 |
199 |
547 |
Unsuccessful Applications 2014
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
0 |
18 |
81 |
99 |
Successful Applications 2013 (September to December)
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Unsuccessful Applications 2013 (September to December)
|
DRN |
DSA |
PIA |
Total |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
