Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Role and Functions: Pensions Ombudsman
4:25 pm
Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the ombudsman for his presentation. It is informative and, as a public representative, I find it important. It is something which comes to our attention from time to time, in particular after the crash when many funds did not perform and many people lost quite a lot of savings and their futures. The loss in the value of pensions is something about which we often hear complaints but that is the nature of the industry. The ombudsman is focused on maladministration. Obviously he will refer any criminal activity in regard to pension funds to the authorities, but has he come across-----
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