Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Government has approved the heads of the Bill. The proposed amendments amount to a bridging measure to allow the holder of the office of Financial Services Ombudsman to hold the office of Pensions Ombudsman pending the passing of the legislation providing for the formal merger of these two offices. I fully accept what Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh said about opening up the Bill to deal wit pensions, but it is important that the amendments are agreed to because they will allow the bridging measure to take effect.