Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Bi-annual Review 2013: Financial Services Ombudsman

3:30 pm

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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There is a very strong parallel between that and politics. It is the difference between sorting out cases with the Department at the level of the clinic and pushing for policy change. It is an interesting balance. Perhaps we can have a bit of both. Perhaps there could be an informal starting point. If it does not work or if it is not appropriate, there can be a higher threshold of formality.