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On 24 January 2012, the draft general Scheme of the long awaited and greatly discussed Personal Insolvency Bill was published for consultation by the Government. Following a process for submissions, the Personal Insolvency Bill 2012 was published on 26 June 2012 and presented for the First Stage before Dáil Éireann.

The DCRS is an independent service which was launched in May 2012 with the purpose of offering patients and dentists an opportunity to resolve their differences about dental treatment assisted by a mediator.

A Government commitment to prepare legislation providing for Periodic Payment Orders has been announced in recent days. The commitment has been welcomed as a significant development by the President of the High Court.

The absolute ban on assisted suicide was recently re-affirmed in a landmark High Court decision. The decision arose out of the application of a severely disabled woman in the final stages of multiple sclerosis who was seeking to be lawfully permitted to be assisted in taking her own life.