Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I referred to Petition No. P00034/16 instead of Petition No. P00043/17. I thank the Deputy for correcting my mistake. I made an error by calling out the wrong number. I should have dealt with Petition No. P00043/17 before coming to petition No. P00034/16.

Petition No. P00034/16 is from Mr. Joseph O'Shea on the lack of an appeal opportunity for a pension assessment. It is proposed that we correspond with the Department of Justice and Equality to ask it for clarification of the reason the decision of the Ombudsman has not been enforced; that we forward a copy of the response from the Pensions Ombudsman in the United Kingdom for the attention of the Minister for Justice and Equality and suggest consideration be given to the powers of the Pensions Ombudsman in the United Kingdom, with a view to implementing the same or similar powers in Ireland and that we forward copies of all of the responses to the petitioner and leave the petition open. Is that agreed? Agreed.