Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Scrutiny of the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017
Mr. Noel Byrne:
No. The death benefit was paid by the trustees to the family. However, in regard to the pension, it was not until 2016 that we received an understanding from the trustees of the pension that they would not pay out. The pension plan left the discretion of payments from the plan to the trustees. We focused on that discretion and we received an assurance in 2016 that that payment would not be paid.
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