Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

General Scheme of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough. Subsection (4) makes it clear that the oral hearings will be heard in private in the main, or conducted otherwise than in public, bar in the circumstances set out in subsection (4a), which includes the three criteria. The legislation makes it clear that, in the main, unless there are exceptions related to the nature of the circumstances, consultation with the parties and the interest of justice, hearings shall be in private. How satisfied is the FSPO that this head is robust enough to comply with the judgment?

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