Enforcement of Court Orders Bill, 1998
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
The proposal would give courts alternatives to imprisoning people who fail to pay fines or civil debts, including deductions from wages or social welfare, community service, extra time or instalments to pay, and supervision by a probation officer. It would protect a minimum level of income and penalise false information or failure to comply.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the issue of court orders relating to attachment of earnings so as to compel employers, or in the case of social welfare recipients, the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, to make specific deductions from employee earnings or social welfare payments, as the case may be, in order to secure payment within a reasonable period of any sums due and owing under a relevant antecedent order or financial penalty, to provide for the imposition of Community Service Orders on such defaulters; where appropriate, to make money payment service orders; to allow for an extension of time for repayment of such fines and debts and for their payment by instalments; and to provide for related matters
Last updated 12 April 2018
- Jim Higgins Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil Defeated
- Private Members' Business. - Enforcement of Court Orders Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Dáil
- Enforcement of Court Orders Bill, 1998: First Stage. Dáil