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FLAC urges consistent and fair decisions in Social Welfare
Issued 27 October 2010 |social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC Press Release, Wednesday 27 October 2010 FLAC calls for consistent and fair decisions in Social Welfare FLAC, the Free Legal Advice Centres, today made a presentation to … -
FLAC calls for consistent and fair decisions in Social Welfare
Issued 27 October 2010 |social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC made a presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection on Wednesday, 27 October. The Committe
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FLAC reaction to proposed changes in family law, bankruptcy and civil legal aid
Issued 30 August 2010 |debt-law-reform|legal-information|social-welfare-law-reform|
Legal rights organisation FLAC has commented on the draft legislation published today by the Department of Justice & Law Reform, the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) …
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Joint FLAC/NCLC Release: Proposed social welfare measures are unnecessary and regressive
Issued 17 June 2010 |social-welfare-law-reform|
Two independent legal rights bodies have condemned changes proposed in the government's latest social welfare bill as "unnecessary and regressive." In a joint … -
Asylum-seeker exclusion is mean-minded
Issued 10 December 2009 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
The Government's proposal to amend the Social Welfare Act to exclude all asylum-seekers from qualifying for social welfare benefits is mean-minded, petty and divisive, said …
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Budget response to overindebtedness crisis is entirely inadequate
Issued 9 December 2009 |access-to-justice|debt-law-reform|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC Budget Statement 2010 Independent legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has as its main aim to achieve equal access to justice. As part of this overarching …
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FLAC warns that the distress of Covid may be followed by the stress of consumer over-indebtedness, as the cost of living rises and payment breaks and supports are removed.
Issued 3 November 2021 |consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|
Today Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) publishes the third of four papers in the series ‘From Pillar to Post’ which examines issues arising in new and existing … -
‘Ten Years and Counting’ - FLAC paper examines the difficult question of family home mortgage arrears
Issued 18 August 2021 |consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|
Today, the 18th of August, 2021, FLAC publishes the second of four papers in the series ‘From Pillar to Post’ which assess the difficulties facing consumer borrowers … -
Now is the time to talk about consumer debt warns Legal Rights NGO, FLAC.
Issued 30 June 2021 |consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|
Launch of series of papers – From Pillar to Post Today, FLAC - Free Legal Advice Centres, launches the first in a series of four papers to raise concerns and create … -
FLAC attends Committee scrutiny of No Consent, No Sale Bill, 2019.
Issued 18 April 2019 |debt-law-reform|
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach will hear today from legal rights group FLAC in relation to the detailed scrutiny of …
- Sale of mortgage arrears to “vulture funds” a cause of concern Issued 11 May 2018 |debt-law-reform| Sale of mortgage arrears to “vulture funds” a cause of concern New solutions needed to tackle unsustainable debt burdens The announcement by Ulster Bank that it intends …
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As problem of long term mortgage arrears gets worse, new solutions needed to stave off repossession
Issued 11 April 2018 |debt-law-reform|
Central Back giving itself a “pat on the back” but thousands still at risk of defaulting New solutions which seriously tackle the unstainable debt burdens of thousands of … -
As data shows 70,000 mortgages in arrears, deals done on loans sold to vulture funds must be honored
Issued 23 March 2018 |debt-law-reform|
As data shows 70,000 mortgages in arrears, deals done on loans sold to vulture funds must be honored State must insist that homeowners protected after loans transferred … -
FLAC: Welcome for stronger consumer protections in new bill dealing with financial complaints
Issued 14 July 2017 |consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|
Legal rights group FLAC today said a new law will introduce long awaited reforms of the legislation underpinning the Financial Services Ombudsman’s office. Earlier today … -
FLAC: Man unlawfully jailed for failure to pay debt released by High Court
Issued 30 March 2017 |access-to-justice|debt-law-reform|
A man was released from Mountjoy Jail last week on High Court bail following an application brought by FLAC, the access to justice organisation, in a case that highlights …