Government lays down rules on family spending

The Government published three case studies and eight thresholds for families to be granted insolvency.

Ministers offered some examples of what it regarded as reasonable monthly expenses, including:

- A single adult with no car allowed €900 a month, with €247 on food, €136 on public transport, €35 on clothes, €105 on heating and electricity, €31 on health, €43 on communications and also for savings;