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‹ Order of Business One-year bankruptcy legislation
Summary
Peter Mathews reinforces calls for legislation reducing the bankruptcy period to one year, citing severe consequences for indebted families; the Chair limits him to the promised-legislation issue.
I am sorry. I am also sorry for the mistiming of this question, but I wish to underscore the questions posed by Deputies Spring and Troy earlier. I received a letter from a firm of solicitors-----
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Hold on a second. We are not going down that road. We are discussing promised legislation now.
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Indeed, on the one-year bankruptcy issue, a suicide could have been avoided if that had been in place. I am just letting the Taoiseach know that I received a letter to that effect from a firm of solicitors in Westport, which is not even in my constituency.