Mental capacity law added to insolvency cases

Fianna Fáil’s Niall Collins questioned Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald on whether the insolvency judges should be available for other duties.

The six specialist judges appointed to deal with insolvency cases across the country will have to take on the added responsibility of dealing with cases under new mental capacity legislation.

The circuit court judges have dealt with 368 cases under the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 since October. The “cadre” of six specialist judges were appointed under the Act “to facilitate the speedy consideration of insolvency applications by that court”.