Personal Insolvency Practitioner Certificate – October 2024

The Certificate in Personal Insolvency Practice aims to give you an in-depth knowledge of insolvency law in Ireland, to act for and advise debtors in personal insolvency procedure if authorised as a personal insolvency practitioner by the ISI.

The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 constitutes a major shift in Irish policy relating to insolvency and implements a new scheme to ameliorate the difficulties suffered by debtors in discharging their indebtedness. This certificate programme, delivered by City Colleges, provides participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet one of the criterion to apply to the Insolvency Service of Ireland to become personal insolvency practitioners.

CPD Hours
Recognised by The Institute of Banking and LIA for CPD Purposes

The modules covered in the course are:

• An Overview of PIA
• The Business of Becoming a PIP & Handling Funds
• Overview of Corporate Insolvency & Proof of Debts
• Debt Mediation
• Personal Insolvency versus Bankruptcy Considerations
• The Legal System & The PIP
• Overview of Repossession & Caselaw
• Dealing with the Official Assignee
• The Role of the PIP
• The Arrangement
• Personal Insolvency Practitioner Remuneration and Obligations of PIP in relation to PFS
• Debtor Finances: Calculating Reasonable Living Expenses, Assets and Liability Valuation
• Setting up a Personal Insolvency section in your Practice
• The Psychology of Indebtedness
• Introduction to Financial Considerations
• Fitness and Probity (Ethics)

The Certificate in Personal Insolvency Practice course is structured to ensure that participants from different fields of employment will have the opportunity to qualify as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner.

Each course comprises of 38 contact hours and five Saturday workshops from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm. The purpose of these sessions is to serve as tutorials and to work on practical exercises in the day-to-day work of a PIP.

• Construction of a PIA/DSA & Case Studies
• Tax Analysis